Ezra Pound and China Book

This is the first collection to explore the American poet's career-long relationship with China, considering how Pound's engagement with the Orient broadens the textual, cultural, and political boundaries of his modernism. Leading critics discuss issues of cultural transmission; the influence of Pound's Chinese studies on twentieth-century poetics; the importance of his work to contemporary theory of translation; and the effects of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism on Pound's political and economic thought. Richly illustrated, the book offers documentary material that is of the utmost importance to any discussion of Pound and China, drawing readers closer to the heart of Pound's vision. Ezra Pound and China will become a necessary addition to the shelves of students and scholars of Pound, cultural studies, translation theory, poetics, Confucianism, and literary transmission and reception. The book's contributors include Barry Ahearn, Ronald Bush, Wendy Stallard Flory, Christine Froula, Britton Gildersleeve, KIM Jong-gil, Peter Makin, Ira B. Nadel, Zhaoming Qian, Mary de Rachewiltz, Patrizia de Rachewiltz, Hong Sun, Emily Mitchell Wallace, and YANG Lian. Zhaoming Qian is Professor of English, the University of New Orleans. Read More