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🦋 ₰
The proof-reader said, Yes, this symbol is called deleatur, we use it when we need to supress and erase, the word speaks for itself, and serves both for separate letters and complete words, it reminds me of a snake that changes its mind just as it is about to bite its tail, Well observed, Sir, truly, for however much we may cling to life, even a snake would hesitate before eternity...
What a great opening sentence! This is the beginning of The History of the Siege of Lisbon -- actually the opening sentence lasts for several pages, a conversation between a historian and his proof-reader. Sweet. (I never knew what dele stood for -- there is no deleatur in Unicode, but ₰ is the pfennigzeichen, which is the identical character.)
posted evening of Sunday, June 21st, 2009
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Kid Modesto, a fan of Ez Pound? I'm impressed, man--tho' methinx you're sort of toning it down for the usual suspects of blog-berg.
Viva Ezra Pound, or at least some of his essays (really, I'm not so fond of his poesy--or any poesy for that matter)
Better Poundian polemics (and erudition) than another f-n philosophaster, marxista or not
Jefferson and/or Mussolini's online too, but might scare the zionists
posted evening of June 22nd, 2009 by Perezoso
Well to be true, I like that Davies essay more than I like the Canto on which it is based -- or anyway, the essay helped me come to appreciate the Canto. But what's not to like about his reading style.
posted evening of June 22nd, 2009 by Jeremy
Yes quite the voice---con yoo-surr-ah-- though EP was not opposed to a bit of theatrics now and then. Really, I find his broadcasts (also online--not sure if youtubeCo has 'em) entertaining as well, tho' some 'Mericans might object to hearing their hero Winnie Churchill described as a corrupt fat bitch, mo' or less.
That said, I don't think the blackshirts were entirely aware of what their german allies were up to, or at least not the extent of the carnage--by blessing Pound we don't thereby bless David Duke or, Osiris forbid,
Der Fuhrer. Pound himself heard Hitler speak in the 30s and called him insane at one point, did he not? The typical liberal-moralist response misses the point, either way.
posted evening of June 22nd, 2009 by Perezoso
Yeah, well, I think it's pretty well established that you can read (or listen to) an author's work without necessarily needing to spend a lot of time thinking about who that author was as a person. My level of engagement with the historical Pound is just not that deep.
posted evening of June 22nd, 2009 by Jeremy
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