Une amnistie sans pardon : Ezra Pound en France. Premiers passages et passeurs

Often associated with Céline because of his anti-Semitism and his conduct during World War II, Ezra Pound (1885-1972) and his Cantos were discovered in France thanks to the extensive translations carried out by Denis Roche and the publication of a double issue of Cahier de l’Herne edited by Dominiqu...

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Main Author: Jean Christophe Contini
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Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2022-12-01
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description Often associated with Céline because of his anti-Semitism and his conduct during World War II, Ezra Pound (1885-1972) and his Cantos were discovered in France thanks to the extensive translations carried out by Denis Roche and the publication of a double issue of Cahier de l’Herne edited by Dominique de Roux and Michel Beaujour, who also invited the “Great Pan” to Paris in 1965 on the occasion of his 80th anniversary, more than forty years after his last visit to this city.However, one often overlooks the fact that this French reception (rendered problematic by a French, rather than American, history of nationalism, fascism and anti-Semitism) began with translations and comments made as early as the mid-1950s by several French poets and writers: Alain Bosquet, Michel Mohrt, Michel Butor and René Laubiès, who first translated and published a selection of Pound’s Cantos and poems in 1958.
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Une amnistie sans pardon : Ezra Pound en France. Premiers passages et passeurs
Transatlantica
nationalism
fascism
mediators
Pound (Ezra)
French reception
Cantos
title Une amnistie sans pardon : Ezra Pound en France. Premiers passages et passeurs
title_full Une amnistie sans pardon : Ezra Pound en France. Premiers passages et passeurs
title_fullStr Une amnistie sans pardon : Ezra Pound en France. Premiers passages et passeurs
title_full_unstemmed Une amnistie sans pardon : Ezra Pound en France. Premiers passages et passeurs
title_short Une amnistie sans pardon : Ezra Pound en France. Premiers passages et passeurs
title_sort une amnistie sans pardon ezra pound en france premiers passages et passeurs
topic nationalism
fascism
mediators
Pound (Ezra)
French reception
Cantos
url https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/19973
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