Ezra Pound in Context

Ira B. Nadel is Professor of English at the University of British Columbia.

• Introduction; Chronology; Part I. Biography and Works: 1. Prose criticism Vincent Sherry; 2. Poetics Ellen Stauder; 3. Translation Steven G. Yao; 4. Romance languages David Ten Eyck; 5. Letters Demetres Tryphonopoulos; 6. Editor, anthologist John G. Nichols; 7. Education Matthew Hofer; 8. Journalism Eric Bulson; 9. Politics Alec Marsh; 10. Economics Leon Surette; 11. Radio broadcasts Ben Friedlander; 12. The law Robert Spoo; 13. Textual criticism Mark Byron; 14. Archives Caterina Ricciardi; 15. The lives of Pound Ira B. Nadel; Part II. Historical and Cultural Context: 16. The classics Peter Liebregts; 17. Provençal and the troubadours William Paden; 18. Dante and Italian poetry Timothy Redman; 19. America Emily Mitchell Wallace; 20. Venice John Gery; 21. London Peter Brooker; 22. Paris Patricia Cockram; 23. Rapallo and Rome Massimo Bacigalupo; 24. Pisa Ronald Bush; 25. Imagism Ethan Lewis; 26. Vorticism Miranda Hickman; 27. Music Margaret Fisher; 28. Visual arts Rebecca Beasley; 29. Confucius Fang Lan; 30. The Orient Zhaoming Qian; 31. Little magazines Craig Monk; 32. Publishing and publishers Gregory Barnhisel; 33. Modernism George Bornstein; 34. Fascism Serenella Zanotti; 35. Anti-Semitism Alex Houen; 36. Gender and sexuality Helen Dennis; 37. Race Michael Coyle; 38. Travel Daniel Katz; Part III. Critical Reception: 39. Pound before Paris, 1908–20 Barry Ahearn; 40. Pound before Pisa, 1920–45 John X. Cooper; 41. Pound after Pisa, 1945–72 Steven Sicari; 42. Influence James Longenbach; Further reading; Index.

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