Ezra Pound letters to Donald Pearce, 1952-1957.

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Ezra Pound letters to Donald Pearce, 1952-1957.

Letters to Pearce contain Pound's opinions of current American literature, scholarship and politics; news of and comments on mutual acquaintances including Hugh Kenner, Noel Stock, and John Edwards; extensive suggestions for Pearce's reading and research, including works by Pound himself; and criticism of American periodicals and publishers. Also included are an ANS and a TLS from Pound to Hugh Kenner; a TLS from Hugh Kenner to Pearce; 2 ALS from Dorothy Pound to Pearce; and notes on Noh drama in the hand of Olga Rudge.

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Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972

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Ezra Pound was an expatriate American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a fascist collaborator in Italy during World War II. His works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920), and his 800-page epic poem, The Cantos (c. 1917–1962). Pound's contribution to poetry began in the early 20th century with his role in developing Imagism, a movement stressing precision and economy of language. Working in London as foreign editor of several American l...

Pound, Dorothy

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Epithet: Mrs wife of Ezra Pound British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000349.0x000392 ...

Rudge, Olga, 1895-1996

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Olga Rudge (1895-1996), musician and companion of Ezra Pound. Born in Ohio, educated in Europe, Rudge began her career as a concert violinist before World War I. She met Pound in Paris in 1923, and with George Antheil played in the debut performances of several of Pound's compositions. Their daughter was born in 1925. During the 1930s she became associated with the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, and she and Pound promoted the music of Antonio Vivaldi in a series of performances and publications. I...

Pearce, Donald, 1917-

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Stock, Noel.

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Biographer of Ezra Pound; Professor of English, University of Toledo. From the description of Papers, 1886-1983. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 14039529 Noel Stock, a native of Australia, has worked as a writer and translator since 1949. From 1968-1969 he was Visiting Lecturer at the University of Tasmania, and from 1969-1971 was Visiting Professor at the University of Toledo, English Department. In 1971 he assumed the position of Professor. ...

Kenner, Hugh

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