Roger Day wrote;
>I'd forgotten that the
Pisan Cantos were written just after he had been caged.<
Same here too. Interesting that.
2008/7/22 Roger Day <[log in to unmask]>:
> His madness towards the end plays a big part. I'd forgotten that the
> Pisan Cantos were written just after he had been caged.
>
> Interesting, too, that his broadcasts may not have been treasonable
> under US law, although this wasn't tested in a court of law.
>
> Roger
>
> On 7/22/08, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/sundayfeature/pip/5l6om/
>>
>> This link gives a description of the programme and links to the
>> broadcast which can be heard for the next 5 days.
>>
>> There's a lot of archive material of interest, it being the BBC, the
>> surprising fact that the US secret services were interested in Pound
>> as far back as 1918, and it circles around the dilemma of his fascism.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> --
>> David Bircumshaw
>> Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
>> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
>> Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
>>
>
>
> --
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> "I began to warm and chill
> to objects and their fields"
> Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
>
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David Bircumshaw
Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
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