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The poets of Rapallo : how Mussolini's Italy shaped British, Irish, and U. S. writers / Lauren Arrington.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arrington, Lauren, 1981- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English poetry--20th century--History and criticism.
- English poetry.
- American poetry--20th century--History and criticism.
- American poetry.
- Modernism (Literature).
- Rapallo (Italy)--Intellectual life.
- Rapallo (Italy).
- Italy--Rapallo.
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972--Homes and haunts--Italy--Rapallo.
- Pound, Ezra.
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972--Friends and associates.
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- Explores W.B. Yeats and Ezra Pound's relationship as played out against the backdrop of Mussolini's Italy in the 1920s and 1930s and shows how Yeats, Pound, and others in their Italian network developed a late modernist style aimed at effecting world change.
- Contents:
- Cover
- The Poets of Rapallo: How Mussolini's Italy Shaped British, Irish, and U.S. Writers
- Copyright
- Dedication
- The Making of The Poets of Rapallo
- Contents
- List of Figures
- A Brief Chronology of Comings and Goings
- Chapter 1: The Roads to Rapallo
- A Pre-History of Poets
- "The north side of the Alps is an error"
- Yeats, Pound, and Il Duce
- An "Ezuversity"
- Chapter 2: Shell-Shocked
- A Call to Life
- Songs of Themselves
- Who ate Pound's heart?
- The Problem with "War Poetry"
- Chapter 3: Primavera 1928
- Periodical Pound and His Collaborators
- Making the Public Man
- Pedagogical Pound and His Disciples
- Chapter 4: Singing School
- Dangerous Bardolatry
- Condoms and Classics
- Broadside Ballads and the Outward Turn
- Chapter 5: Making Living History
- Building the Fascist State
- Writing for Caesar's Eyes
- Chapter 6: Accounting for Rapallo
- Apologia and Amnesia
- The Totalitarian Man and the Women of Rapallo
- Notes
- Front Matter
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Select Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-258566-5
- 0-19-258565-7
- 0-19-191630-7
- OCLC:
- 1243262589
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