Max Wykes-Joyce papers relating to Ezra Pound, 1949-1991.

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Max Wykes-Joyce papers relating to Ezra Pound, 1949-1991.

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The collection consists of letters to and notes and notebooks written by Max Wykes-Joyce during his research on Ezra Pound's poetics and politics in the 1950s. Correspondents include Olivia Rossetti Agresti; William Cookson; John Drummond; Dallam Flynn; D. D. Paige; Omar Pound; Mary de Rachewiltz; Peter Russell; and Henry Swabey. Subjects include Pound's life in confinement at St. Elizabeth's Hospital and efforts to secure his release; Pound's political theories and poetics; answers to specific questions from Wykes-Joyce on the interpretation of poems by Pound and autobiographical details; and news of the activities and publications of the letter-writers. There are also three brief notes from Ezra and Dorothy Pound. The notes and notebooks, both manuscript and typescript, contain many bibliographic and interpretive notes on Pound's works.

0.63 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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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...

Flynn, Dallam

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Agresti, Olivia Rossetti 1897-1960

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Olivia Rossetti Agresti (1875-1960), daughter of William Michael Rossetti, was a professional translator and author who lived in Italy from 1897 until her death. From the description of Olivia Rossetti Agresti Papers, 1947-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702171432 Epithet: daughter of W M Rossetti British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x000353 ...

Rachewiltz, Mary de

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Daughter of Ezra Pound; poet and translator. From the description of Translations of Cantos by Ezra Pound, 1973-1975. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 15609675 ...

Russell, Peter, 1921-2003

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Peter Russell was an English poet, translator and critic. In the mid 1970s he held a writing fellowship as poet in residence at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. In 1979 he settled permanently in Italy, where he spent the rest of his life. From the description of Peter Russell fonds. [1947-1972]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676750031 British poet and publisher Peter Irwin Russell was born in 1921; his first book of poetry was publish...

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...

Swabey, Henry S

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Pound, Omar S.

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Drummond, John

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Paige, D.D.

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Wykes-Joyce, Max.

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Max Wykes-Joyce (1924-2002), was the art critic for the International Herald Tribune from 1967 to 1987, and authored several books, including Triad of Genius-Edith and Osbert Sitwell (1953) and Cosmetics and Adornment (1961). From the description of Max Wykes-Joyce papers relating to Ezra Pound, 1949-1991. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702171893 ...

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 ...

Cookson, William, 1939-....

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