Pound and Pasolini
Pound and Pasolini
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And what can they tell us about the poetics and politics of the twentieth century? This book reads one by way of the other, aligning their engagement with different temporalities and traditions, polities and geographies, languages and forms, evoked as utopian alternatives to the cultural and political crises of capitalist modernity.
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Pound and Pasolini by Sean Mark
In October 1967, Pier Paolo Pasolini travelled to Venice to interview Ezra Pound for broadcast on national television. One a lifelong Marxist, the other a former propagandist for the Fascist regime, their encounter was billed as a clash of opposites. But what do these poets share? And what can they tell us about the poetics and politics of the twentieth century? This book reads one by way of the other, aligning their engagement with different temporalities and traditions, polities and geographies, languages and forms, evoked as utopian alternatives to the cultural and political crises of capitalist modernity. Part literary history, part comparative study, it offers a new and provocative perspective on these poets and the critical debates around them – in particular, on Pound’s Italian years and Pasolini’s use of Pound in his work. Their connection helps to understand the implications and legacies of their work today.
“Sean Mark’s in-depth study of Pound and Pasolini, subtitled Poetics of Crisis, is a remarkable piece of scholarship, beautifully written, masterfully organised, and which reads almost like the plot of a detective novel …” (Jonathan Pollock, Transatlantica Issue 2, 2023)
Sean Mark is Associate Professor in literature and translation at Université Catholique de Lille, France.
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| ISBN 13 | 9783030919474 |
| ISBN 10 | 3030919471 |
| Title | Pound and Pasolini |
| Author | Sean Mark |
| Series | Palgrave Studies In Modern European Literature |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Year published | 2022-11-18 |
| Number of pages | 392 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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