New Approaches to Ezra Pound

A Co-ordinated Investigation of Pound's Poetry and Ideas

Eva Hesse

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9780520306417
• eBook ISBN: 9780520311381
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literatur
• Subtopic: Amerikanische Poesie

Great advances are currently being made in the understanding of Pound's lifework. Many of the essays in this book--the majority are published her for the first time--disclose hitherto unsuspected aspects of the poet's beliefs, while others are studies in depth of areas of his work which, although frequently discussed, have never before been properly examined. Seldom, in fact, have so many pioneering studies been assembled between the covers of a single volume. The various contributors are eminently qualified to treat the specific ideas and interests of Pound's about which they write, and the book as a co-ordinated whole comprehensively covers his--and our artistic culture. Eminent scholars and critics from five different countries have come together in this attempt to 'unscrew the inscrutable': Richard EllemannLeslie FiedlerForrest ReadN. Christoph de NagyWalter BaumannGuy DavenportJ. P. SullivanJohn EspeyDonal DavieGeorge DekkerBoris de RachewiltzAlbert CookHugh KennerChristine Broke-Rose Eva Hesse--well-known here and in Germany as a critic and translator--establishes the interrelationships between the various fields of study and examines some of Pound's key concepts from the aspect of the history of ideas. New Approaches to Ezra Pound should serve as a valuable source book for all students of literature and may above all be expected to act as a catalyst for future studies. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1969.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Acknowledgments
• Contents 1
• Introduction byEVA HESSE
• RICHARD ELLMANN Ez and Old Billyum
• N. CHRISTOPH DE NAGY Pound and Browning
• FORREST READ Pound, Joyce, and Flaubert: The Odysseans
• GUY DAVENPORT Persephone’s Ezra
• BORIS DE RACHEWILTZ Pagan and Magic Elements in Ezra Pound’s Works
• DONALD DAVIE The Poet as Sculptor
• J. P. SULLIVAN Ezra Pound and the Classics
• CHRISTINE BROOKE-ROSE Lay me by Aurelie: An Examination of Pound’s Use of Historical and Semi-Historical Sources
• GEORGE DEKKER Myth and Metamorphosis Two Aspects of Myth in The Cantos
• WALTER BAUMANN Secretary of Nature, J. Heydon
• JOHN ESPEY The Inheritance of Td Ka?
• HUGH KENNER Blood for the Ghosts
• ALBERT COOK Rhythm and Person in The Cantos
• LESLIE FIEDLER Traitor or Laureate: The Two Trials of the Poet
• Notes on the Contributors
• A Chronology of the Poetry and Prose by Ezra Pound discussed in this book
• General Index