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January 14, 1965. Written to the publisher of a 1965 critical book on Ezra Pound's economic theories by Earle Davis, "Vision Fugitive." A courteous but devastating assessment: "The overall tone (though it's not steadily maintained) seems right." Kenner goes on to criticize: "Bits of information ... Frequent imprecision of local statement ... Evidence that Mr. Davis sometimes reads as inaccurately as he writes... Tendency for important generalizations..." etc. What follows are seven closely written pages of specific citations of misunderstanding or errors of fact and concludes: "It needs a lot of work and the supervision of a hard-boiled, gimlet-eyed editor." Some 2500 excoriating words by a Pound scholar of the first rank. Fine.
January 14, 1965. Written to the publisher of a 1965 critical book on Ezra Pound's economic theories by Earle Davis, "Vision Fugitive." A courteous but devastating assessment: "The overall tone (though it's not steadily maintained) seems right." Kenner goes on to criticize: "Bits of information ... Frequent imprecision of local statement ... Evidence that Mr. Davis sometimes reads as inaccurately as he writes... Tendency for important generalizations..." etc. What follows are seven closely written pages of specific citations of misunderstanding or errors of fact and concludes: "It needs a lot of work and the supervision of a hard-boiled, gimlet-eyed editor." Some 2500 excoriating words by a Pound scholar of the first rank. Fine.