[lbo-talk] "Literary" Gossip FW: Mary dR vs. Casa Pound

[Carrol Cox]

Thanks, Gar. Pound was a fascist in at least several senses of the term, but
he was a lot of other things too. As were the Cantos, fascist in several
senses but a lot of other things too. So were Yeats & Eliot actually, but
they left themselves wiggle room & Pound didn't. The suit will provide minor
entertainment for a sprinkling of people I presume.

Carrol

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Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] "Literary" Gossip FW: Mary dR vs. Casa Pound

On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 5:46 AM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
> I don't know who Casa Pound is. Mary is the daughter of Pound & Olga
Rudge.
> Excuse me, _Princess_ Mary.

An Italian Fascist group has named itself Casa Pound (In Spanish would
be House of Pound, or perhaps Pound House, don't know if it is the
same in Italian) in honor of Pound's fascism. Mary Pound is suing
them.  Mary's grounds seem to be that Pound was not really a fascist
and thus it is slander for a fascist group to name themselves after
him.  Given the record,it does not sound to me like a winning
argument, but not only am I not a lawyer, I don't know Italian law or
the current Italian political climate. So my opinion on this is
without weight.
>
> Carrol
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: - Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine
> [mailto:EPOUND-L at LISTS.MAINE.EDU] On Behalf Of Wayne Pounds
> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 6:00 PM
> To: EPOUND-L at LISTS.MAINE.EDU
> Subject: Mary dR vs. Casa Pound
>
> Massimo Bacigalupo called my attention to this suit. He wrote, "Some
furore
> over here because Mary dR is suing CasaPound. There's an article about
this
> in the Observer on line. I gathered signatures in her support and a
> debate followed. You can also look up the CasaPound website. The trial
> opened this week and the CP lawyers understandably but unfairtly objected
> that MdR must first prove that she is EP's daughter. One
> could write a story about this . . . "
>
> The Guardian has picked up the story:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/14/ezra-pound-daughter-fascism
>
> Wayne Pounds
>
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