The Birth of Modernism: Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats, and the Occult

Leon Surette

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press 1993

The Birth of Modernism

Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats, and the Occult

Leon Surette

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780773563773

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About this book

In The Birth of Modernism Leon Surette challenges our traditional understanding of modernism by situating the origins of modernist aesthetics in the occult.

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Surette Leon :

Leon Surette is an emeritus professor of English at the University of Western Ontario. His previous books include The Modern Dilemma: Wallace Stevens, T.S. Eliot, and Humanism and The Birth of Modernism: Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats, and the Occult.

Reviews

"Surette's study will be a controversial work of literary history, but it is one that deserves respect for its wide-ranging scholarship, its wit, and the thoughtful subtlety and restraint with which he presents his challenging thesis." E.F. Harden, Choice. "A good book on a great theme. It should, and will, alter the way we read the 20th century." Chris Scott, The Ottawa Citizen.

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Discovering the Past Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
The Occult Tradition in The Cantos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
Nietzsche, Wagner, and Myth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Pound’s Editing of The Waste Land Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	280
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307

Language: English
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
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eBook

Published: March 1, 1993
ISBN: 9780773563773

The Birth of Modernism

Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats, and the Occult

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Discovering the Past

The Occult Tradition in The Cantos

Nietzsche, Wagner, and Myth

Pound’s Editing of The Waste Land

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index