Preface Acknowledgments The Encyclopedia Selected Bibliography Notes on the Contributors
More than 250 alphabetically arranged entries by roughly 100 expert contributors detail the life and career of one of America's most prolific, influential, and controversial poets.
DEMETRES P. TRYPHONOPOULOS is Professor of English at the University of New Brunswick. STEPHEN J. ADAMS is Professor of English at the University of Western Ontario.
"[T]he entries ... are succinct, informative and well written...
Value for money, The Ezra Pound Encyclopedia should be in all
libraries collecting materials on twentieth century American,
British and world literatures."-Reference Reviews
"Although other reference works may provide information regarding
many of the people and publications listed, one of the treats of
the encyclopedia is its specificity. An example is the entry on
Periplum, which details the the derivation and use in The Cantos of
one of Pound's "signature words..,."The Ezra Pound Encyclopedia is
useful, given the author's sprawling body of work and
influence....Recommended for academic and large public
libraries."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
"Edited by two Pound scholars, this encyclopedia aims not only "to
provide materials to help orient new readers of Pound and Modernism
but also to refresh even experienced readers." For the most part,
this work achieves its goals. Its strengths are providing brief
summaries and the historical context for Pound's works. Other
entries include key modernist figures and their relation to Pound,
his family members, historical and literary eras, and Pound's
controversial views on topics like fascism and anti-semitism.
Topical entries, written mostly by scholars, range from a half page
to three pages, and typically end with sources for further
research. An extensive selected bibliography and an index appear at
the end....[t]his resource provides a useful compass for navigating
the difficult terrain of Pound's oeuvre and life. Recommended.
Academic libraries supporting courses in modernism; upper-level
undergraduates through faculty/researchers."-Choice
?[A] recommended pick for specialty college collections: Pound's
work changed the course of poetry and made him one of the 20th
century's greatest writers, and here are hundreds of A-Z entries
referencing his works, influences, and interests. About a hundred
expert contributors provide entries perfect for quick reference,
many quite detailed and lengthy, which will also lend to student
papers.?-MBR Bookwatch
?[E]ncompasses the life, influences, and writings of this
controversial American modernist poet.?-C&RL News
?[T]he entries ... are succinct, informative and well written...
Value for money, The Ezra Pound Encyclopedia should be in all
libraries collecting materials on twentieth century American,
British and world literatures.?-Reference Reviews
?Although other reference works may provide information regarding
many of the people and publications listed, one of the treats of
the encyclopedia is its specificity. An example is the entry on
Periplum, which details the the derivation and use in The Cantos of
one of Pound's "signature words..,."The Ezra Pound Encyclopedia is
useful, given the author's sprawling body of work and
influence....Recommended for academic and large public
libraries.?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
?Edited by two Pound scholars, this encyclopedia aims not only "to
provide materials to help orient new readers of Pound and Modernism
but also to refresh even experienced readers." For the most part,
this work achieves its goals. Its strengths are providing brief
summaries and the historical context for Pound's works. Other
entries include key modernist figures and their relation to Pound,
his family members, historical and literary eras, and Pound's
controversial views on topics like fascism and anti-semitism.
Topical entries, written mostly by scholars, range from a half page
to three pages, and typically end with sources for further
research. An extensive selected bibliography and an index appear at
the end....[t]his resource provides a useful compass for navigating
the difficult terrain of Pound's oeuvre and life. Recommended.
Academic libraries supporting courses in modernism; upper-level
undergraduates through faculty/researchers.?-Choice
?The goal of the encyclopedia is to help orient new readers of
Pound and Modernism, but at the same time to refresh even
experienced readers, by limiting the number of articles to the most
important and informative and referring readers to more specialized
works for further study of any particular aspect. All of his major
works are cited, along with such other topics as Anglo-Saxon
translation, architecture, Chinese literature, E.E. Cummings,
economics, Faber and Faber (publishers), Allan Ginsburg, Ernest
Hemingway, Italian literature, law and social justice, and
misogyny.?-Reference & Research Book News
?While this encyclopedia barely touches the depths of an amazingly
complex and prolific poet, it provides an excellent starting point
and road map for further research. Recommended for academic
libraries supporting undergraduate and graduate students of
literature.?-Library Journal
"ÝA¨ recommended pick for specialty college collections: Pound's
work changed the course of poetry and made him one of the 20th
century's greatest writers, and here are hundreds of A-Z entries
referencing his works, influences, and interests. About a hundred
expert contributors provide entries perfect for quick reference,
many quite detailed and lengthy, which will also lend to student
papers."-MBR Bookwatch
"ÝE¨ncompasses the life, influences, and writings of this
controversial American modernist poet."-C&RL News
"The goal of the encyclopedia is to help orient new readers of
Pound and Modernism, but at the same time to refresh even
experienced readers, by limiting the number of articles to the most
important and informative and referring readers to more specialized
works for further study of any particular aspect. All of his major
works are cited, along with such other topics as Anglo-Saxon
translation, architecture, Chinese literature, E.E. Cummings,
economics, Faber and Faber (publishers), Allan Ginsburg, Ernest
Hemingway, Italian literature, law and social justice, and
misogyny."-Reference & Research Book News
"[A] recommended pick for specialty college collections: Pound's
work changed the course of poetry and made him one of the 20th
century's greatest writers, and here are hundreds of A-Z entries
referencing his works, influences, and interests. About a hundred
expert contributors provide entries perfect for quick reference,
many quite detailed and lengthy, which will also lend to student
papers."-MBR Bookwatch
"[E]ncompasses the life, influences, and writings of this
controversial American modernist poet."-C&RL News
"While this encyclopedia barely touches the depths of an amazingly
complex and prolific poet, it provides an excellent starting point
and road map for further research. Recommended for academic
libraries supporting undergraduate and graduate students of
literature."-Library Journal
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