There are very few poets who can match Ezra Pound in that field. As in any art the artist should be judged for their craft within the space of their work and the times in which they lived. It is a fact that the nature of the space changes with time so that the famous, or ignored, of one era are the forgotten, or the acclaimed, of another but so what? None of that changes my opinion that in his space and time as a social, economic and political commentator he was as bad as they come.
Michele Saba posted Ezra Pound’s 1935 poem “Social Credit – An Impact” for the EVOKE community which means to me that the poem can and should be judged within the space and time, the context, of the EVOKE challenge. For the post see
http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blog/list?user=1ehzq2996m6jaAs part of that, follow the link within that post to the source chosen for the text to the poem which is
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=468648Those of you who are not familiar with some of the details of American politics might want to do some further searches on key words you pick out of the stormfront web site. You may find that interesting as well.
One of the references within the Pound poem is to Meyer Anselm which I am sure is an unfamiliar name to most of you. There are numerous hits with a Google search but this one will tell the story and it is somewhat more readable than most.
http://www.glencoin.com/house.htmA biography of Pound with considerable detail can be found at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_PoundFor some details of specific criticisms of Pound as a social commentator see
http://www.google.com/search?num=50&hl=en&client=firefox-a&...As I said at the end of my previous blog post
“Nothing at the scope of the EVOKE challenge is ever simple and direct. Surprises everywhere.” Which is, of course, not a surprise.
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