John Kasper and Ezra Pound Saving the Republic

John Kasper was a militant far-right activist who first came to prominence with his violent campaigns against desegregation in the Civil Rights era. Ezra Pound was the seminal figure in Anglo-American modernist literature and one of the most important poets of the 20th century. This is the first book to comprehensively explore the extensive correspondence - lasting over a decade and numbering hundreds of letters - between the two men. examines the mutual influence the two men exerted on each other in Pound''s later life: how John Kasper developed from a devotee of Pound''s poetry to an active right-wing agitator; how Pound''s own ideas about race and American politics developed in his discussions with Kasper and how this informed his later poetry. Shedding a disturbing new light on Ezra Pound''s committed engagement with extreme right-wing politics in Civil Rights-era America, this is an essential read for students of 20th-century literature.>

About the author

Alec Marsh is Professor of English at Muhlenberg College, Pennsylvania, USA. He is the author of Ezra Pound (Reaktion Books 2011), and Money & Modernity: Pound, Williams and the Spirit of Jefferson (Alabama, 1998).

Product details

• Assisted by: Matthew Feldman (Editor), Erik Tonning (Editor)
• Authors: Alec Marsh, Alec (Muhlenberg College Marsh
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 21.05.2015
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Fiction > Poetry, drama
• EAN: 9781472508867
• ISBN: 978-1-4725-0886-7
• Pages: 320
• Series: Historicizing Modernism; Historicizing Modernism
• Subjects: USA, Ethnic Studies, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, HISTORY / United States / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: poetry & poets, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, History of the Americas, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Black & Asian Studies, Literary studies: poetry and poets, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity