Editing Economic History - Ezra Pound's "The Fifth Decad of Cantos"

This book is the first comprehensive study of Ezra Pound's Fifth Decad of Cantos (1937). It analyzes the genesis, structure and context of Pound's complex work, particularly how he transformed historical details into poetry. All ten Cantos of the Fifth Decad are treated broadly, making them accessible to scholars and students. In addition, this study provides an in-depth overview of the work's intellectual context - of Pound's economic ideas, his fascist allegiances, political ideals and his obsession with populist conspiracy theories. Finally the book outlines a future edition of the Fifth Decad.

List of contents

Contents: The Genesis of Cantos XLII to LI - Policies of Borrowing - The Populist Heritage - Money as Nemesis - Economics as History - Genetic Editing and the Cantos.

About the author

The Author: Mike W. Malm studied English Literature at the University of Bonn (M.A. 2000) and the University of Munich, where he was a member of the DFG Graduate Program in Textual Criticism from 2001 to 2003. He received the Queen¿s Prize of the University of Bonn in 2001.

Product details

• Authors: Mike Malm, Mike W. Malm
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2016
• EAN: 9783631542095
• ISBN: 978-3-631-54209-5
• No. of pages: 332
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 18 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 440 g
• Series: Europäische Hochschulschriften (Reihe 14): Angelsächsische Sprache und Literatur ) / European University Studies (Series 14): Anglo-Saxon Language and; Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européenn; Europäische Hochschulschriften (Reihe 14): Angelsächsische Sprache und Literatur /Anglo-Saxon Language and Literature; Europäische Hochschulschriften (Reihe 14): Angelsächsische Sprache und Literatur /Anglo-Saxon Language and Literature; Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies/Publications Universitaires Européenne
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics