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In this revisionary study of Ezra Pound's poetics, Scott Hamilton exposes the extent of the modernist poet's debt to the French romantic and symbolist traditions. Whereas previous critics have focused on a single influence, Hamilton explores a broad spectrum of French poets, including Thophile Gautier, Tristan Corbire, Jules Laforgue, Remy de Gourm



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Preface and AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Ezra Pound and the Symbolist Inheritance3Ch. 1Pound's Gradus ad Parnassum30Ch. 2Pound's Gradus a Parnasso: Misanthropy, Pound, and Some French Satire58Ch. 3The Citadel of the Intelligent: Pound's Laforgue91Ch. 4The Wobbling Pivot: Surface and Depth in the Early Cantos131Ch. 5L'Eternelle Ritournelle in the Late Cantos166Conclusion: Robert Duncan's Revisionary Ratios: Rewriting The Spirit of Romance194Notes211Index255

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691600468, 978-0691600468
      ISBN10: 0691600465

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In this revisionary study of Ezra Pound's poetics, Scott Hamilton exposes the extent of the modernist poet's debt to the French romantic and symbolist traditions. Whereas previous critics have focused on a single influence, Hamilton explores a broad spectrum of French poets, including Thophile Gautier, Tristan Corbire, Jules Laforgue, Remy de Gourm



      Table of Contents
      Preface and AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Ezra Pound and the Symbolist Inheritance3Ch. 1Pound's Gradus ad Parnassum30Ch. 2Pound's Gradus a Parnasso: Misanthropy, Pound, and Some French Satire58Ch. 3The Citadel of the Intelligent: Pound's Laforgue91Ch. 4The Wobbling Pivot: Surface and Depth in the Early Cantos131Ch. 5L'Eternelle Ritournelle in the Late Cantos166Conclusion: Robert Duncan's Revisionary Ratios: Rewriting The Spirit of Romance194Notes211Index255

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