Ezra Pound's Chinese friends : stories in letters / / edited and annotated by Zhaoming Qian

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823204803321
• Autore: Pound Ezra <1885-1972.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• ISBN: 0191528803; 9780191528804
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xxvi, 242 p. : ill
• Altri autori (Persone): QianZhaoming
• Disciplina: 811.52
• Soggetti: Poets, American - 20th century; American poetry - Chinese influences
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- Notes on the Text -- 1. F. T. Sung's China Plan for Pound: ''China is interesting, VERY'' -- 2. Miss Tseng and the Seven Lakes Canto: ''Descendant of Kung and Thseng-Tsu'' -- 3. Yang as Pound's Opponent and Collaborator: ''To sacrifice to a spirit not one's own is flattery'' -- 4. Achilles Fang and Pound's Bilingual Confucius: ''All answers are in the FOUR BOOKS'' -- 5. Pound as Miss Jung's Dissertation Adviser: ''One's opinions change'' -- 6. Pound and Carsun Chang: ''Confucianism as Confucius had it'' -- William McNaughton's Memoir: ''What Pound and Carsun Chang Talked About at St Elizabeths'' -- 7. Achilles Fang and Pound's Classic Anthology: ''The barbarians need the ODES'' -- 8. Pound's Discovery of an Ancient Economist: ''Chao ought not to be wasted'' -- 9. From Poetry to Politics: ''Wang's middle name not in Mathews'' -- 10. P. H. Fang and the Naxi Rites in The Cantos: ''I have found your Muen Bpo &amp -- KA MA gyu'' -- Appendix: Ezra Pound's Typescript for ''Preliminary Survey'' (1951) -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- K -- L -- M -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: No literary figure of the past century is comparable to Ezra Pound in the scope and depth of his exchange with China. In this book 162 ; previously unpublished letters between Pound and nine Chinese intellectuals, accompanied by introductions and notes, make available for the first time the forgotten stories of Pound and his Chinese friends.