Title Ezra Pound and 20th-century theories of language : faith with the word / James Dowthwaite

Published New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019

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Description 1 online resource Series Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature ; 60 Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature ; 60. Contents Introduction : "the word beyond formulated language" -- "End fact. Try fiction" : post-philology in Pound's early writing -- Re-assessing the Chinese written character : language, consciousness, and phenomena -- "Words so full of detail" : Paideuma and linguistic relativity -- Definition and debabelization : Utopian language in the work of Ezra Pound and C.K. Ogden -- "In nature are signatures" : the problem of universals in modernist poetry -- Afterword : Pound's linguistic legacy Summary "Ezra Pound is one of the most significant poets of the twentieth century; a writer whose poetry is particularly notable for the intensity of its linguistic qualities. Indeed, from the principles of imagism to the polyphony of his Cantos, Pound is central to our conception of modernism's relationship with language. This volume explores the development of Pound's understanding of language in the context of twentieth century linguistics and the philosophy of language. It draws on largely unpublished archival material in order to provide a broadly chronological account of the development of Pound's views and their relation to both his own poetry and to modernist writing as a whole. Beginning with Pound's contentious relationship with philology and his antagonism towards academia, the book traces continuities and shifts across Pound's career, culminating in a discussion of the centrality of language to the conception of his Cantos. While it contains discussions around significant figures in twentieth century linguistic thought, such as Ferdinand de Saussure and Ludwig Wittgenstein, the book attempts to recover the work of theorists such as Leonard Bloomfield, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, and C.K. Ogden, figures who were once central to modernism but who have largely been pushed to the periphery of modernist studies. The picture of Pound that emerges is a figure whose understanding of language is not only bound up with modernist approaches to anthropology, politics, and philosophy, but which calls for a new understanding of modernism's relationship to each"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher Subject Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 -- Knowledge -- Language and languages Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 -- Influence SUBJECT Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 fast Subject Language and languages -- Philosophy -- History -- 20th century Linguistics. Linguistics linguistics. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry. LITERARY CRITICISM -- General. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Language and languages Language and languages -- Philosophy Linguistics Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019016351 ISBN 9780429292316 0429292317 9781000005547 1000005542 9781000012361 1000012360 9781000018882 1000018881

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