Fang, Achilles

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Achilles Fang, sinologist and comparatist. At Harvard University, Fang wrote his 1958 doctoral disseration entitled "Material for the Study of Pound's Cantos " and became friendly with Pound in the process. Fang became Pound's primary correspondent and source on Chinese topics, assisting Pound with his translation work on The Classic Anthology as Defined by Confucious .

From the guide to the Achilles Fang papers, 1947-1958, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

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referencedIn Cid Corman Letters, 1950-1971 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Additional papers, 1870-1969. Houghton Library
referencedIn Poetry mss., 1954-2002 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Achilles Fang papers, 1947-1958 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn New Directions Publishing records Houghton Library
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associatedWith Corman, Cid person
correspondedWith Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962 person
associatedWith Modern Poetry Association corporateBody
correspondedWith New Directions Publishing Corp. corporateBody
associatedWith Pound, Dorothy. person
associatedWith Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 person
associatedWith Pound, Omar S. person
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