>Slightly more worrying though, is that Pound can make us feel what
>a Mussolini supporter might feel, and ditto numerous other reactionary but
>very
>good writers. And poetry is very persuasive because, as Lawrence
>says of Griffiths:
>
>'It isn't just the subject matter he chooses
>but the manners (slight pun intended) and methods with which he writes'
Yes, it's all very vexed. I owe a good measure of my understanding of
misogyny to readings of many writers I deeply admire. I imagine the
contradictoriness of my responses are easily imaginable. Literature is
as difficult as people are, which is to say, a lot.
Best
Alison
Alison Croggon
Editor
Masthead Literary Arts Magazine
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