Very precocious, Barry, I have to say. But Pound, yeah, very early & it
stuck. But david Jones, well. I came across him much later, but then,
whew.
And the Pound "dichten=condensare" -- well, yep.
Doug
On 25-Aug-07, at 9:07 AM, Barry Alpert wrote:
> Last time I "appreciated" Dylan Thomas was when I was 14-15. And "The
> Movement" assault on DT convinced me that rereading him would do me no
> good. David Jones was much more useful, and of course, Ezra Pound,
> whose
> work even when I first encountered it at age 15-16, quickly eclipsed
> DT's.
>
> Barry Alpert
>
>
> On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:14:40 +0200, Anny Ballardini
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I love Dylan Thomas, and the anguish I perceive made it difficult for
>> me to
>> read him at times. And I think I am with everybody here in
>> appreciating
> him,
>> Roger and Kasper included.
>
>
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