"He made mistakes and we have to take the good part of him, just as he did with others.--Mary De Rachewiltz"De Rachewiltz has since fought a lifelong battle to separate Pound the poet from Pound the fascist and antisemite, which is why the emergence of CasaPound – now boasting 5,000 members – is so painful. … Continue reading Ezra Pound’s daughter fights to wrest the renegade poet’s legacy from fascists
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on reading Finnegans Wake
From the Guardian...."I've finally got round to Finnegans Wake. Here's how you read Finnegans Wake: you get a good guide book. You don't expect to read it like an ordinary novel any more than you would complain that Picasso's Weeping Woman hasn't got her face on right. You take it slow, keep a sense of … Continue reading on reading Finnegans Wake
The Vorticists: Manifesto for a Modern World – review
"The moon is frequently associated in the poem with creativity, while the sun is more often found in relation to the sphere of political and social activity, although there is frequent overlap between the two. From the Rock Drill sequence on, the poem's effort is to merge these two aspects of light into a unified … Continue reading The Vorticists: Manifesto for a Modern World – review
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