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"Orientalism and Modernism clearly sets the record straight by addressing the issue of how Chinese poetry and culture helped precipitate the transition of Pound and Williams toward high modernism. It is a historically focused, meticulously researched, and passionately argued book."—Zhang Longxi, University of California, Riverside
"Newcomers won’t find a more readable introduction, and old hands will find much they’d not heard of before. Both Pound and Williams, circa 1920, were immersed in Chinese modes of thought more deeply than anyone has hitherto suspected. An indispensable book."—Hugh Kenner, University of Georgia
"Zhaoming Qian offers a strong analysis of the influence of Chinese culture on the early work of Pound and Williams. I particularly admire the ability of the author to integrate discussions of art as well as literature. It is clear that the aesthetic of China which appealed to the Modernists was visual as much as verbal, and this dual emphasis is well-captured."—Reed Way Dasenbrock, New Mexico State University

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      Publisher: Duke University Press
      Publication Date: 29/09/1995
      ISBN13: 9780822316695, 978-0822316695
      ISBN10: 0822316692
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      Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

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      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "Orientalism and Modernism clearly sets the record straight by addressing the issue of how Chinese poetry and culture helped precipitate the transition of Pound and Williams toward high modernism. It is a historically focused, meticulously researched, and passionately argued book."—Zhang Longxi, University of California, Riverside
      "Newcomers won’t find a more readable introduction, and old hands will find much they’d not heard of before. Both Pound and Williams, circa 1920, were immersed in Chinese modes of thought more deeply than anyone has hitherto suspected. An indispensable book."—Hugh Kenner, University of Georgia
      "Zhaoming Qian offers a strong analysis of the influence of Chinese culture on the early work of Pound and Williams. I particularly admire the ability of the author to integrate discussions of art as well as literature. It is clear that the aesthetic of China which appealed to the Modernists was visual as much as verbal, and this dual emphasis is well-captured."—Reed Way Dasenbrock, New Mexico State University

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