{"product_id":"ezra-pound-and-his-classical-jonathan-ullyot-9781350260207","title":"Ezra Pound and His Classical Sources: The Cantos and the Primal Matter of Troy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book uses Ezra Pound's \u003ci\u003eThe Cantos\u003c\/i\u003e as a lens to understand modernism's ambition to revolutionize literature through mythical and scientific methods. Homer's \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e plays a unique methodological and structural role in \u003ci\u003eThe Cantos\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Cantos\u003c\/i\u003e translates, interprets, abridges, adapts, critiques, parodies, trivializes, allegorizes, and \"ritualizes\" the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e. Partly inspired by Joyce's use of different literary styles or \"technics\" in \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e, and partly inspired by medieval classicism and 19th century philology, Pound uses a plethora of methods to translate Homer and other classical texts. This book argues that \u003ci\u003eThe Cantos\u003c\/i\u003e is a modernist vision of the Matter of Troy, a term used by medieval authors to designate the cycle of texts based on the Trojan war and its aftereffects, including the nostoi (returns) of the Greek heroes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the first study to explore how medieval classicism and translation informs Pound's mythical method and to systematically outline the variety and evolution of Pound's \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e translations in \u003ci\u003eThe Cantos\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Ullyot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350260207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350260207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.65d","brand":"Jonathan Ullyot","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46401517060351,"sku":"9781350260207","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3f789d1f-a70a-4321-a27d-b02c744bfb48.jpg?v=1733887820","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ezra-pound-and-his-classical-jonathan-ullyot-9781350260207","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}