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Author Tryphonopoulos, Demetres P., 1956-

Title The celestial tradition : a study of Ezra Pound's The cantos / Demetres P. Tryphonopoulos
Published Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©1992

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 214 pages)
Series Book collections on Project MUSE
Contents The Cantos As Palingenesis -- The Occult Tradition -- Pound's Occult Education
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. The discussion fa
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972. Cantos.
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 -- Knowledge -- Occultism
SUBJECT Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 fast
Pound, Ezra 1885-1972 The cantos gnd
Pound, Ezra. Cantos. swd
Cantos (Pound, Ezra) fast
Subject Occultism in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry.
Occultism
Occultism in literature
Okkultismus
Form Electronic book
LC no. 92202324
ISBN 0889202028
9780889202023
0889205787
9780889205789