Ezra Pound and the Appropriation of Chinese Poetry
Title | Ezra Pound and the Appropriation of Chinese Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | Ming Xie |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 2021-12-12 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1000526224 |
First published in 1999. The subject of this book is the translation and appropriation of Chinese poetry by some English and American writers in the early decades of this century. The author explores the be concerned as much with English translation of Chinese poetry per se as with the relationship between this body of translation from the Chinese and the developing poetics and practices of what is usually referred to as "Imagism," as much with the question of historical influence or ascription as with certain interpretive and critical aspects of this correlative relationship. Focusing on the direct influence of Chinese poetry upon the theory and practice of Imagism, attributing to Imagist poets in general and Ezra Pound in particular the perception in Chinese poetry of the essential qualities and principles for rejuvenating English poetry in the early decades of the century.
The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry
Title | The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | Ernest Fenollosa |
Publisher | Fordham Univ Press |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2009-08-25 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 0823228703 |
First published in 1919 by Ezra Pound, Ernest Fenollosa’s essay on the Chinese written language has become one of the most often quoted statements in the history of American poetics. As edited by Pound, it presents a powerful conception of language that continues to shape our poetic and stylistic preferences: the idea that poems consist primarily of images; the idea that the sentence form with active verb mirrors relations of natural force. But previous editions of the essay represent Pound’s understanding—it is fair to say, his appropriation—of the text. Fenollosa’s manuscripts, in the Beinecke Library of Yale University, allow us to see this essay in a different light, as a document of early, sustained cultural interchange between North America and East Asia. Pound’s editing of the essay obscured two important features, here restored to view: Fenollosa’s encounter with Tendai Buddhism and Buddhist ontology, and his concern with the dimension of sound in Chinese poetry. This book is the definitive critical edition of Fenollosa’s important work. After a substantial Introduction, the text as edited by Pound is presented, together with his notes and plates. At the heart of the edition is the first full publication of the essay as Fenollosa wrote it, accompanied by the many diagrams, characters, and notes Fenollosa (and Pound) scrawled on the verso pages. Pound’s deletions, insertions, and alterations to Fenollosa’s sometimes ornate prose are meticulously captured, enabling readers to follow the quasi-dialogue between Fenollosa and his posthumous editor. Earlier drafts and related talks reveal the developmentof Fenollosa’s ideas about culture, poetry, and translation. Copious multilingual annotation is an important feature of the edition. This masterfully edited book will be an essential resource for scholars and poets and a starting point for a renewed discussion of the multiple sources of American modernist poetry.
Cathay
Title | Cathay PDF eBook |
Author | Ezra Pound |
Publisher | DigiCat |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2022-05-29 |
Genre | Poetry |
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Cathay is a compilation of traditional Chinese poems translated into English by poet Ezra Pound. These fifteen poems are seen less as strict translations and more as new pieces in their own right.
Ezra Pound and China
Title | Ezra Pound and China PDF eBook |
Author | Zhaoming Qian |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2003-04-03 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780472068296 |
DIVExplores Ezra Pound's long fascination with Chinese literature and culture /div
Instigations of Ezra Pound
Title | Instigations of Ezra Pound PDF eBook |
Author | Ezra Pound |
Publisher | |
Pages | 394 |
Release | 1920 |
Genre | Chinese language |
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The New Ezra Pound Studies
Title | The New Ezra Pound Studies PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Byron |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2019-11-07 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1108499015 |
Essays on recent developments in Pound scholarship and research, including newly available primary sources and methodological advances in cognate fields.
Lustra of Ezra Pound
Title | Lustra of Ezra Pound PDF eBook |
Author | Ezra Pound |
Publisher | |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 1916 |
Genre | Chinese poetry |
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