Chronology Entry
Year
1917
Text
Letter from Ezra Pound to John Quinn ; Jan. 10, 1917.
"The Dec. number of Seven Arts has just arrived. I don't know whether I owe it to you or to the editor. I have just sealed up Fenollosa's Essay on the Chinese written character, to send to them. It is one of the most important essays of our time. But they will probably reject it on the ground of its being exotic. Fenollosa saw and anticipated a good deal of what has happened in art (painting and poetry) during the last ten years, and his essay is basic for all aesthetics, but I doubt if that will cut much ice… I want the Fenollosa essay published… China is fundamental, Japan is not… I don't mean to say there aren't interesting things in Fenollosa's Japanese stuff (or fine things, like the end of Kagekiyo, which is, I think, 'Homeric'). But China is solid. One can't go back of the Exile's letter, or the Song of the bowmen, or the North Gate."
"The Dec. number of Seven Arts has just arrived. I don't know whether I owe it to you or to the editor. I have just sealed up Fenollosa's Essay on the Chinese written character, to send to them. It is one of the most important essays of our time. But they will probably reject it on the ground of its being exotic. Fenollosa saw and anticipated a good deal of what has happened in art (painting and poetry) during the last ten years, and his essay is basic for all aesthetics, but I doubt if that will cut much ice… I want the Fenollosa essay published… China is fundamental, Japan is not… I don't mean to say there aren't interesting things in Fenollosa's Japanese stuff (or fine things, like the end of Kagekiyo, which is, I think, 'Homeric'). But China is solid. One can't go back of the Exile's letter, or the Song of the bowmen, or the North Gate."
Mentioned People (2)
Fenollosa, Ernest
(Salem, Mass. 1853-1908 London) : Orientalist, Pädagoge, Dichter, Dozent für Wirtschaftspolitik und Philosophie Universität Tokyo ; Leiter der Tokyo Fine Arts Academy und des Imperial Museum ; Kurator für ostasiatische Kunst Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Pound, Ezra
(Hailey, Idaho 1885-Venedig 1972) : Dichter, Schriftsteller
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Subjects
Literature : Occident : United States of America
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Sinology and Asian Studies : United States of America
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1971 |
Pound, Ezra. Letters, 1907-1941. Ed. by D.D. Paige. (New York, N.Y. : Harcourt, Brace, 1950). = The selected letters of Ezra Pound, 1907-1941. (London : Faber and Faber, 1971). http://ia700501.us.archive.org/18/items/LettersOfEzraPound1907-1941/letters.pdf. |
Publication / Pou71 |