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LITERARYSTUDIESMODERNISTSTUDIESLITERARYSTUDIESPOLTICALSCIENCESPECIFICATIONSSPECIFICATIONSEzraPoundiswidelyrememberednotonlyasoneofthemostinuentialvoicesintwentieth-centuryliterarymodernismbutalsoforhisnotoriousanti-SemiticwritingsandradiobroadcaststhatsupportedMussolinisItalianFascistregime.Hisideologicalturnfrompoeticsandaestheticismtoextremisteconomicsandpoliticshaslongbeenanareaofcontroversywithinliterarystudies.collectsthelettersbetweenPoundandLondonpublisherStanleyNotttoopenadoortoPoundsthinkingandpublicationsduringthes.Nottwhopublishedwasaninterestedandencouraginginterlocutorforapoetseekingre-inventionasaneconomistandpoliticalcommentatorsomeonewhosustainedPoundasheswamagainstthetide.Poundscloseinvolvementwithhispublisherilluminatesanimportantepisodeinliterarymodernismaswellasforthestudyofprintcultureintheinterwarperiod.ThiseditionofthelettersretainsPoundsidiosyncraticepistolaryidiomandanalyzesletter-writingasagenrecriticaltoPoundsintellectualandculturalprojectcapturingPoundasacollaboratoratwork.isanassociateprofessorintheDepartmentofEnglishatMcGillUniversity.FrankKermodefamouslycommentedthatthecorrelationbetweenearlymodernistliteratureandauthoritarianpoliticswasmoreoftennoticedthanexplained.examinesindetailthepoliticalwritingsofthreeofmodernismsbestknownandmostcriticizedfascistsympathisersT.S.EliotEzraPoundandWyndamLewis.Whiletheseauthorspoliticalinclinationsarewellknownandmuchdiscussedpreviousstudieshavefailedtoadequatelyanalysethesurroundingpoliticalcircumstancesthatinformedthespecicutopianaspirationsineachwritersworks.BalancingathoroughknowledgeoftheirworkswithanunderstandingofthepoliticalclimateoftheearlytwentiethcenturyLeonSuretteprovidesnewinsightsintothemotivationsanddevelopmentofeachwritersrespectivepoliticalpostures.examinestheirpoliticalcommentaryandtheircorrespondencewitheachotherfromstothes.ContextualizingtheirpoliticalthoughtinaworldtroubledbytwoworldwarstheGreatDepressionandtheBolshevikRevolutionSurettetracestheirsharedconcernsandthedivergentresponsesofeachoftheseguresinthehistoricalmomenttotherisktheyperceivedofdemocraciesbecomingthepawnsofcommercialandindustrialelitesleadingtowarandmindlesscon-sumerism.TheyallleanedtowardautocraticsolutionsthoughPoundandLewiseventuallyadmittedtheirerror.isanemeritusprofessorofEnglishattheUniversityofWesternOntario.Hispreviousbooksincludeand.OneMustNotGoAltogetherwiththeTideTheLettersofEzraPoundandStanleyNottAnnotationsbyRobinE.FeenstrawithMirandaB.HickmanDreamsofaTotalitarianUtopiaLiteraryModernismandPoliticsJune2011July201118851972188719781930193519101950editedandwithessaysbymirandab.hickmanleonsurette2011MQUPSPRINGAncompellingreassessmentofthepoliticsoffascistsympathisersinthemodernistmovement.978-0-7735-3816-069.95SCDN59.95SUS42.00cloth69432pp978-0-7735-3811-569.95ACDN59.95AUS42.00cloth69352ppOneMustNotGoAltogetherwiththeTideJeffersonandorMussoliniDreamsofaTotalitarianUtopiaDreamsofaTotalitarianUtopiaTheModernDilemmaWallaceStevensT.S.EliotandHumanismTheBirthofModernismEzraPoundT.S.EliotW.B.YeatsandtheOccultMirandaB.HickmanLeonSurette