The celestial tradition : a study of Ezra Pound's the Cantos / Demetres P. Tryphonopoulos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tryphonopoulos, Demetres P., 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972. Cantos.

Pound, Ezra.

Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972--Knowledge--Occultism.

Occultism in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont., Canada : W. Laurier University Press, c1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite the painstaking work of Pound scholars, the mythos of The Cantos has yet to be properly understood - primarily because until now its occult sources have not been examined sufficiently. Drawing upon archival as well as recently published material, this study traces Pound's intimate engagement with specific occultists (W.B. Yeats, Allen Upward, Alfred Orage, and G.R.S. Mead) and their ideas. The author argues that speculative occultism was a major factor in the evolution of Pound's extraordinary aesthetic and religious sensibility, much noticed in Pound criticism.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Abbreviations

Preface

The Cantos as Palingenesis

The Occult Tradition

Pound's Occult Education

Palingenesis: Katabasis / Dromena / Epopteia

"The Subtle Body" Cantos 90 and 91

Appendix I

Appendix II

Works Cited and Consulted

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-205) and index.

ISBN:

9786613811202

9781282233461

1282233467

9780889205789

0889205787

OCLC:

144144894