The birth of modernism: Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, W. B. Yeats, and the occult
In The Birth of Modernism Leon Surette offers a radical revision of our understanding of high modernism. Acknowledging that current post-modern and theoretical critiques have provoked fresh examination of the high culture of the first half of this century, Surette rejects their characterization of m...
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| Zusammenfassung: | In The Birth of Modernism Leon Surette offers a radical revision of our understanding of high modernism. Acknowledging that current post-modern and theoretical critiques have provoked fresh examination of the high culture of the first half of this century, Surette rejects their characterization of modernism as positivistic and absolutist, despite the statements in the 1920s of modernists such as Pound, Eliot, and Joyce. He also rejects the diametrically opposed New Critical view of modernism as sceptical and relativistic. Through an explanation of both familiar and little-known theoretical writings of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century - the work of Friedrich Nietzsche receives particular attention - Surette develops a portrait of modernism that demonstrates its continuity with American transcendentalism, French symbolisme, and English aestheticism His account is, in many ways, a revival of an early view of modernism as the heir of symbolisme, but Surette documents, for the first time, the origins of modernist aesthetics in the occult. Yeats' occultism has long been acknowledged, but this is the first study to show that Pound's early intimacy with Yeats was based largely on a shared interest in the occult sciences, and that Pound's epic of the modern age, The Cantos, is a deeply occult work. To substantiate these claims Surette formulates a theory of the occult and analyses the occult speculations of several of Pound's close associates during his London years, relating these to the work of influential Continental occultists and Wagnerians. The author also examines the place of myth and mythopoeia in modernist literature He scrutinizes the complex provenance of the theories of myth, to which modernists and their apologists appeal, and demonstrates that positive anthropology, Nietzschean philology, Wagnerian opera, symbolisme, and occultism all contribute to the theories expressed by Pound and, to some extent, to Eliot's poetry. In light of these discoveries Surette considers Pound's editing of Eliot's The Waste Land and concludes that the work's early reception as an expression of scepticism and relativism has obscured aspects of the poem that are consistent with Eliot's earlier and later piety. Pound's ruthless cutting of the manuscript, Surette asserts, was not motivated primarily by stylistic concerns, as has generally been contended in the formalist arguments of the New Critics, but by thematic considerations. It was precisely because Eliot knew Pound to be well-informed about the occult that he asked far his assistance with The Waste Land |
| Beschreibung: | XI, 320 S. |
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| 520 | 3 | |a His account is, in many ways, a revival of an early view of modernism as the heir of symbolisme, but Surette documents, for the first time, the origins of modernist aesthetics in the occult. Yeats' occultism has long been acknowledged, but this is the first study to show that Pound's early intimacy with Yeats was based largely on a shared interest in the occult sciences, and that Pound's epic of the modern age, The Cantos, is a deeply occult work. To substantiate these claims Surette formulates a theory of the occult and analyses the occult speculations of several of Pound's close associates during his London years, relating these to the work of influential Continental occultists and Wagnerians. The author also examines the place of myth and mythopoeia in modernist literature | |
| 520 | 3 | |a He scrutinizes the complex provenance of the theories of myth, to which modernists and their apologists appeal, and demonstrates that positive anthropology, Nietzschean philology, Wagnerian opera, symbolisme, and occultism all contribute to the theories expressed by Pound and, to some extent, to Eliot's poetry. In light of these discoveries Surette considers Pound's editing of Eliot's The Waste Land and concludes that the work's early reception as an expression of scepticism and relativism has obscured aspects of the poem that are consistent with Eliot's earlier and later piety. Pound's ruthless cutting of the manuscript, Surette asserts, was not motivated primarily by stylistic concerns, as has generally been contended in the formalist arguments of the New Critics, but by thematic considerations. It was precisely because Eliot knew Pound to be well-informed about the occult that he asked far his assistance with The Waste Land | |
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| physical | XI, 320 S. |
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| spelling | Surette, Leon Verfasser aut The birth of modernism Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, W. B. Yeats, and the occult Leon Surette Montreal u.a. McGill-Queen's Univ. Press 1993 XI, 320 S. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier In The Birth of Modernism Leon Surette offers a radical revision of our understanding of high modernism. Acknowledging that current post-modern and theoretical critiques have provoked fresh examination of the high culture of the first half of this century, Surette rejects their characterization of modernism as positivistic and absolutist, despite the statements in the 1920s of modernists such as Pound, Eliot, and Joyce. He also rejects the diametrically opposed New Critical view of modernism as sceptical and relativistic. Through an explanation of both familiar and little-known theoretical writings of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century - the work of Friedrich Nietzsche receives particular attention - Surette develops a portrait of modernism that demonstrates its continuity with American transcendentalism, French symbolisme, and English aestheticism His account is, in many ways, a revival of an early view of modernism as the heir of symbolisme, but Surette documents, for the first time, the origins of modernist aesthetics in the occult. Yeats' occultism has long been acknowledged, but this is the first study to show that Pound's early intimacy with Yeats was based largely on a shared interest in the occult sciences, and that Pound's epic of the modern age, The Cantos, is a deeply occult work. To substantiate these claims Surette formulates a theory of the occult and analyses the occult speculations of several of Pound's close associates during his London years, relating these to the work of influential Continental occultists and Wagnerians. The author also examines the place of myth and mythopoeia in modernist literature He scrutinizes the complex provenance of the theories of myth, to which modernists and their apologists appeal, and demonstrates that positive anthropology, Nietzschean philology, Wagnerian opera, symbolisme, and occultism all contribute to the theories expressed by Pound and, to some extent, to Eliot's poetry. In light of these discoveries Surette considers Pound's editing of Eliot's The Waste Land and concludes that the work's early reception as an expression of scepticism and relativism has obscured aspects of the poem that are consistent with Eliot's earlier and later piety. Pound's ruthless cutting of the manuscript, Surette asserts, was not motivated primarily by stylistic concerns, as has generally been contended in the formalist arguments of the New Critics, but by thematic considerations. It was precisely because Eliot knew Pound to be well-informed about the occult that he asked far his assistance with The Waste Land Eliot, T. S <1888-1965> - (Thomas Stearns) - Critique et interprétation Pound, Ezra <1885-1972> - Critique et interprétation Yeats, W. B <1865-1939> - (William Butler) - Critique et interprétation Eliot, T. S <1888-1965> (Thomas Stearns) Criticism and interpretation Pound, Ezra <1885-1972> Criticism and interpretation Yeats, W. B <1865-1939> (William Butler) Criticism and interpretation Pound, Ezra 1885-1972 (DE-588)118596039 gnd rswk-swf Yeats, William Butler 1865-1939 (DE-588)118635867 gnd rswk-swf Eliot, T. S. 1888-1965 (DE-588)118529854 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1900-2000 Geschichte 1800-1900 Letterkunde gtt Littérature européenne - 19e siècle - Histoire et critique Littérature européenne - 20e siècle - Histoire et critique Modernisme (Littérature) - Europe Modernisme (cultuur) gtt Occultisme gtt Théosophie dans la littérature Literatur European literature 19th century History and criticism European literature 20th century History and criticism Modernism (Literature) Europe Moderne (DE-588)4039827-4 gnd rswk-swf Okkultismus (DE-588)4043421-7 gnd rswk-swf Europa (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content Pound, Ezra 1885-1972 (DE-588)118596039 p Okkultismus (DE-588)4043421-7 s DE-604 Eliot, T. S. 1888-1965 (DE-588)118529854 p Yeats, William Butler 1865-1939 (DE-588)118635867 p Moderne (DE-588)4039827-4 s DE-188 |
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| title | The birth of modernism Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, W. B. Yeats, and the occult |
| title_auth | The birth of modernism Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, W. B. Yeats, and the occult |
| title_exact_search | The birth of modernism Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, W. B. Yeats, and the occult |
| title_full | The birth of modernism Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, W. B. Yeats, and the occult Leon Surette |
| title_fullStr | The birth of modernism Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, W. B. Yeats, and the occult Leon Surette |
| title_full_unstemmed | The birth of modernism Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, W. B. Yeats, and the occult Leon Surette |
| title_short | The birth of modernism |
| title_sort | the birth of modernism ezra pound t s eliot w b yeats and the occult |
| title_sub | Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, W. B. Yeats, and the occult |
| topic | Eliot, T. S <1888-1965> - (Thomas Stearns) - Critique et interprétation Pound, Ezra <1885-1972> - Critique et interprétation Yeats, W. B <1865-1939> - (William Butler) - Critique et interprétation Eliot, T. S <1888-1965> (Thomas Stearns) Criticism and interpretation Pound, Ezra <1885-1972> Criticism and interpretation Yeats, W. B <1865-1939> (William Butler) Criticism and interpretation Pound, Ezra 1885-1972 (DE-588)118596039 gnd Yeats, William Butler 1865-1939 (DE-588)118635867 gnd Eliot, T. S. 1888-1965 (DE-588)118529854 gnd Letterkunde gtt Littérature européenne - 19e siècle - Histoire et critique Littérature européenne - 20e siècle - Histoire et critique Modernisme (Littérature) - Europe Modernisme (cultuur) gtt Occultisme gtt Théosophie dans la littérature Literatur European literature 19th century History and criticism European literature 20th century History and criticism Modernism (Literature) Europe Moderne (DE-588)4039827-4 gnd Okkultismus (DE-588)4043421-7 gnd |
| topic_facet | Eliot, T. S <1888-1965> - (Thomas Stearns) - Critique et interprétation Pound, Ezra <1885-1972> - Critique et interprétation Yeats, W. B <1865-1939> - (William Butler) - Critique et interprétation Eliot, T. S <1888-1965> (Thomas Stearns) Criticism and interpretation Pound, Ezra <1885-1972> Criticism and interpretation Yeats, W. B <1865-1939> (William Butler) Criticism and interpretation Pound, Ezra 1885-1972 Yeats, William Butler 1865-1939 Eliot, T. S. 1888-1965 Letterkunde Littérature européenne - 19e siècle - Histoire et critique Littérature européenne - 20e siècle - Histoire et critique Modernisme (Littérature) - Europe Modernisme (cultuur) Occultisme Théosophie dans la littérature Literatur European literature 19th century History and criticism European literature 20th century History and criticism Modernism (Literature) Europe Moderne Okkultismus Europa Biografie |
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