<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><bold></bold> The study of The Cantos, one of the most complex and difficult works belonging to literary modernism makes possible, precisely due to this observation, the exploration of a series of characteristics and dimensions of Pound’s work that have either remained in a programmatic stage or should be revisited more closely in order for their meanings to be discerned. ‘Analyticity’ and ‘scientism’ can be considered relevant characteristics of Pound’s work, with both aesthetic and methodologic meanings. The present study aims at investigating these two dimensions of Pound’s poetry as they appear in the second and the fourth decades of the 20th century. In conclusion the question is whether Pound’s analyticity and scientism could still be considered valuable from an aesthetic or methodologic point of view.</p></abstract>

The study of The Cantos, one of the most complex and difficult works belonging to literary modernism makes possible, precisely due to this observation, the exploration of a series of characteristics and dimensions of Pound’s work that have either remained in a programmatic stage or should be revisited more closely in order for their meanings to be discerned. ‘Analyticity’ and ‘scientism’ can be considered relevant characteristics of Pound’s work, with both aesthetic and methodologic meanings. The present study aims at investigating these two dimensions of Pound’s poetry as they appear in the second and the fourth decades of the 20th century. In conclusion the question is whether Pound’s analyticity and scientism could still be considered valuable from an aesthetic or methodologic point of view.

Aesthetic and Methodologic Resources of Ezra Pound’s Poetry

American, British and Canadian Studies

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The study of The Cantos, one of the most complex and difficult works belonging to literary modernism makes possible, precisely due to this observation, the...

Aesthetic and Methodologic Resources of Ezra Pound’s Poetry

Published Online: May 01, 2013

Page range: 88 - 103

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abcsj-2013-0006

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