John Kasper was a militant far-right activist who first came to prominence with his violent campaigns against desegregation in the Civil Rights era. Ezra Pound was the seminal figure in Anglo-American modernist literature and one of the most important poets of the 20th century. This is the first book to comprehensively explore the extensive correspondence - lasting over a decade and numbering hundreds of letters - between the two men. John Kasper and Ezra Pound examines the mutual influence the two men exerted on each other in Pound's later life: how John Kasper developed from a devotee of Pound's poetry to an active right-wing agitator; how Pound's own ideas about race and American politics developed in his discussions with Kasper and how this informed his later poetry. Shedding a disturbing new light on Ezra Pound's committed engagement with extreme right-wing politics in Civil Rights-era America, this is an essential read for students of 20th-century literature.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
9781472508867
eBay Product ID (ePID)
212176392
Product Key Features
Book Title
John Kasper and Ezra Pound: Saving the Republic
Author
Professor Alec Marsh
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Social Sciences, Literature, History
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
626g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Professor Alec Marsh
Series Title
Historicizing Modernism
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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