This chinese character denotes fidelity to the given word. The figure on the left shows the figure of a man. The horizontal lines denote the words, that is convictions of the man, which are literally supported by the man.

Facticity of Language: Pound's Poetics and Politics

 

Pound's obssesion with the seer like role of the poet in society and his representational view of language are closely linked.

This project explores these links.

 

For a selection of websites on Pound which feature biographical information, online discussions, papers and issues of interest to Poundian scholars as Imagism, Futurism and many more visit our link page.Click here for links.

A bibliography pertaining to the project is available.Click here for bibliography.

This site is under construction. An abstract of the projected paper can be accessed through this link.

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