Hey Jorge, your remarks here about Pound and verbal responsibility are
spiff and interesting. But they're also somewhat ironic. Wasn't it Pound
in '66 who said in Venice, in reference to his radio broadcasts from
wartime fascist Italy, "All I ever did was make a little noise for some
guys that nobody was listening to."
Gabriel G
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Jorge wrote:
> I remember something Pound wrote on "How to read" (1928):
> he asked about the literature's task on the Estate. Then, after
> saying it is linked to clearness of the tools (words), he concluded
> that when words begin to be rotten, the complete machinery of
> thought and the social and individual order go to hell. (Part IV)
>
> So, being optimistic we can consider that maybe, all around the world
> we are already in hell. It would be interesting to know what part of
> responsability writers -and among them, laureate poets- have.
>
> Jorge
>
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