Ezra Pound and Italian Fascism

This fascinating account of Ezra Pound and Italian Fascism allows the reader to understand the causes and results of Pound's ideology and actions.

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. A moralist and thence an economist; 1. A. R. Orage and the education of a poet; 2. C. H. Douglas and social credit; 3. The writer-critic, 1930-1; 4. The turn to Fascism; 5. The discovery of Gesell; Part II. Pound's Worlds at War: 6. The wizard in general practice; 7. The Second World War; 8. The republic of Salo and left-wing Fascism; Selected Bibliography; Index.

Summary

This fascinating account of Ezra Pound and Italian Fascism allows the reader to understand the causes and results of Pound's ideology and actions as well as the broader implications they have for the poetry and politics of this century.

Product details

• Authors: Tim Redman
• Assisted by: Albert Gelpi (Editor), Ross Posnock (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.01.2015
• EAN: 9780521373050
• ISBN: 978-0-521-37305-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 647 g
• Series: Soviet and East European Studi
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies