Thank you Bill,
I found the article on Pound fascinating. Didn't really know much him
apart from his influence on Eliot and his anti semiteism but will look
again now. 'Pound's greatest fear was an economic structure dependent
on the armaments industry, where the profit motive would govern war and
peace.'
The largest arms fair in the world is currently taking place in London.
John.
>----Original Message----
>From: [log in to unmask]
>Date: 12/09/2017 9:06
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Subj: Re: Philip Larkin
>
>I take Ish, P, L, to mean somewhat (of a fan, with reservations)
>
>'His only true loyalty was to his work', said of Pound, below:
>
>https://medium.com/ekko-forever/how-ezra-pound-became-an-enemy-of-the-state-3fb94a4ddf21
>
>B
>
>On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 at 5:55 PM, Patrick McManus <
>[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Ish??? my poor old head trying to decipher this is that I is? or ish
a
>> bit? or other
>>
>>
>> On 11/09/2017 23:42, Lawrence Upton wrote:
>> > Ish
>> >
>> > L
>> >
>> > On 11 September 2017 at 23:13, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]
com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Well, I'm shocked, Patrick, as an old leftie too. I have liked
seeing
>> the
>> >> world through Larkin's jaundiced eyes but I didn't realise the
apparent
>> >> corollary of that sort of jaundice. Lawrence, are you an Ezra P
man at
>> all?
>> >>
>> >> Bill
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 at 5:38 am, Patrick McManus <
>> >> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> L am proud to be old leftie! still care etc cheers P
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On 11/09/2017 19:21, Lawrence Upton wrote:
>> >>>> well, yes
>> >>>> though I wouldn't quite put it like that
>> >>>>
>> >>>> classifying oneself as an old leftie is almost apologetic to my
ear
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I don't require artists to hold views akin to mine to admire
them as
>> >>> artists
>> >>>> but it seems to me that his views are ignorant and wrong-headed
AND
>> >> there
>> >>>> is nothing much admirable about his poetry as poetry
>> >>>>
>> >>>> L
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On 11 September 2017 at 18:59, Patrick McManus <
>> >>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> oldster was meant to be me -thanks for reply I think it
difficult for
>> >> me
>> >>>>> old leftie to stomach his repulsive side
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On 11/09/2017 18:49, Lawrence Upton wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> which oldster is that? you or him?
>> >>>>>> *
>> >>>>>> I have never had much time for Mr Larkin...
>> >>>>>> If other people find him of quality, fine; but I have yet to
be
>> >>> convinced
>> >>>>>> of it
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> and what he is saying can be repulsive
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> the final sentence of this article sums it up for me
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> L
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> On 11 September 2017 at 17:18, Patrick McManus <
>> >>>>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> http://socialistreview.org.uk/427/philip-larkin-racist-
>> >> bigot-and-poet
>> >>>>>>> any comments for this oldster ?
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>>
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