Research Catalog

Title

Ezra Pound and Senator Bronson Cutting : a political correspondence, 1930-1935 / edited by E.P. Walkiewicz and Hugh Witemeyer.

Author

Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972

Publication

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cutting, Bronson M., 1888-1935.
• Walkiewicz, E. P.
• Witemeyer, Hugh
• Niewiarowski, Sue
• New Directions Publishing, publisher.
• James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.

Description

xi, 260 pages : illustrations; 27 cm

Summary

The correspondence of Ezra Pound (1885-1972) and senator Bronson Cutting (1888-1935) of New Mexico sheds light on both historic figures and evokes the 'lively intellectual and political climate of the early years of the Great Depression. As the first of Pound's many political correspondences ever to be published, these letters contributes to the poet and the senator constitutes a significant chapter in the cultural history of an era whose complexities are often over-simplified for popular consumption. For example, the stereotypical view of Pound as crank and traitor clearly needs revision in light of these letters. Seen in context, Pound's politics in the early 1930s do not look particularly eccentric, unpatriotic, or uninformed. The twenty-six letters Pound wrote to Senator Cutting, a prominent Progressive Republican, covered matters as diverse as censorship, international copyright, prohibition, the diplomatic recognition of the Soviet Union, public works, old-age pensions, and the international Social Credit movement. In turn, Cutting's letters to Pound suggest the full range of the senator's activities on the national scene.

Subject

• Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 > Correspondence
• Cutting, Bronson M., 1888-1935 > Correspondence
• Cutting, Bronson M., 1888-1935
• Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
• Correspondence (Pound, Ezra)
• 1900-1999
• Poets, American > 20th century > Correspondence
• Legislators > United States > Correspondence
• World politics > 20th century
• Legislators
• Poets, American
• Politics and government
• World politics
• United States > Politics and government > 20th century
• United States

Genre/Form

• Personal correspondence.
• Correspondence.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250) and index.

Binding (note)

• bound in publishers' blue cloth; with original dust jacket designed by Sue Niewiarowski.

Contents

The poet and the senator -- The earlier letters, 1930-1932 -- The later letters, 1934-1935 -- "Ez sez" -- The senator and the poet.

Call Number

JFF 95-5528

ISBN

• 0826315844
• 9780826315847

LCCN

95004348

OCLC

31970330

Author

Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972, author.

Title

Ezra Pound and Senator Bronson Cutting : a political correspondence, 1930-1935 / edited by E.P. Walkiewicz and Hugh Witemeyer.

Imprint

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©1995.

Edition

1st ed.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250) and index.

Binding

Copy in Berg Coll 22-1522 bound in publishers' blue cloth; with original dust jacket designed by Sue Niewiarowski. NN

Local Note

Copy in Berg Coll 22-1522 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Cutting, Bronson M., 1888-1935.

Walkiewicz, E. P., editor.

Witemeyer, Hugh, editor.

Niewiarowski, Sue, bookjacket designer.

New Directions Publishing, publisher.

Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.

Javitch, Daniel, donor.

Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.

James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.

Other Form:

Online version: Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972. Ezra Pound and Senator Bronson Cutting. 1st ed. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©1995 (OCoLC)604235680

Research Call Number

Berg Coll 22-1522

JFF 95-5528