Chronology Entry
Year
1931
Text
Moore, Marianne. The cantos. In : Poetry ; no 39 (Oct. 1931). [Review of A draft of XXX cantos, by Ezra Pound].
These Cantos are the epic of the farings of a literary mind… In Canto III we have an ideograph for the Far East, consisting of two parts : Green veins in the turquoise, Or, the gray steps lead up under the cedars… Mr. Pound took two thousand and more pages to say it in prose, and he sings it in a hundred-forty-two. The book is concerned with beauty. You must read it yourself ; it has a power that is mind and is music ; it comes with the impact of centuries and with the impact of yesterday. Amid the swarming madness of excellence, there is the chirping of 'the young phoenix broods', the Chinese music, the slender bird-note that gives one no peace…
In Canto XIII, in the symbolic discussion of the art of poetics, what is said is illustrated by the manner of saying :
And Tseu-lou said, "I would put the defences in order",
And Khieu said, "If I were lord of a province
I would put it in better order than this is".
And Tchi said, "I would prefer a small mountain temple,
"With order in the observances,
with a suitable performance of the ritual"…
And Kung said, "They have all answered correctly,
"That is to say, each in his nature"…
And Kung said, and wrote on the bo leaves:
If a man have not order within him He can not spread order about him; …
And if a man have not order within him ;…
"Anyone can run to excesses,
"It is easy to shoot past the mark,
It is hard to stand firm in the middle.
These Cantos are the epic of the farings of a literary mind… In Canto III we have an ideograph for the Far East, consisting of two parts : Green veins in the turquoise, Or, the gray steps lead up under the cedars… Mr. Pound took two thousand and more pages to say it in prose, and he sings it in a hundred-forty-two. The book is concerned with beauty. You must read it yourself ; it has a power that is mind and is music ; it comes with the impact of centuries and with the impact of yesterday. Amid the swarming madness of excellence, there is the chirping of 'the young phoenix broods', the Chinese music, the slender bird-note that gives one no peace…
In Canto XIII, in the symbolic discussion of the art of poetics, what is said is illustrated by the manner of saying :
And Tseu-lou said, "I would put the defences in order",
And Khieu said, "If I were lord of a province
I would put it in better order than this is".
And Tchi said, "I would prefer a small mountain temple,
"With order in the observances,
with a suitable performance of the ritual"…
And Kung said, "They have all answered correctly,
"That is to say, each in his nature"…
And Kung said, and wrote on the bo leaves:
If a man have not order within him He can not spread order about him; …
And if a man have not order within him ;…
"Anyone can run to excesses,
"It is easy to shoot past the mark,
It is hard to stand firm in the middle.
Mentioned People (2)
Moore, Marianne
(Kirkwood, Miss. 1887-1972 New York, N.Y.) : Dichterin, Schriftstellerin
[Permission for quotations by Cynthia Stamy and Qian Zhaoming].
[Permission for quotations by Cynthia Stamy and Qian Zhaoming].
Pound, Ezra
(Hailey, Idaho 1885-Venedig 1972) : Dichter, Schriftsteller
[In der Sekundärliteratur wurden Analysen einzelner Strophen der Gedichte nicht berücksichtigt]
[In der Sekundärliteratur wurden Analysen einzelner Strophen der Gedichte nicht berücksichtigt]
Subjects
Literature : Occident : United States of America
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 1986 | Moore, Marianne. The complete prose of Marianne Moore. Ed. and with an introd. by Patricia C. Willis. (New York, N.Y. : Viking, 1986). S. 268, 272, 276. | Publication / Moo7 |
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