Chronology Entry
Year
1918
Text
Letter from Amy Lowell to Florence Ayscough ; 24 July (1918).
My reason for suggesting that you put in the little hint of discovery about the roots is simply and solely to knock a hole in Ezra Pound's translations ; he having got his things entirely from Professor Fenollosa. They were not Chinese in the first place, and Heaven knows how many hands they went through between the original Chinese and Professor Fenollosa's Japanese original. In the second place, Ezra has elaborated on these until, although they are excellent poems, they are not translations of the Chinese poets.
My reason for suggesting that you put in the little hint of discovery about the roots is simply and solely to knock a hole in Ezra Pound's translations ; he having got his things entirely from Professor Fenollosa. They were not Chinese in the first place, and Heaven knows how many hands they went through between the original Chinese and Professor Fenollosa's Japanese original. In the second place, Ezra has elaborated on these until, although they are excellent poems, they are not translations of the Chinese poets.
Mentioned People (3)
Ayscough, Florence Wheelock
(Shanghai 1875 [not 1878]-1942 Chicago, Ill.) : Schriftstellerin, Übersetzerin, Gattin von Harley F. MacNair
Lowell, Amy
(Brookline, Mass. 1874-1925 Brookline, Mass.) : Dichterin, Frauenrechtlerin
[No Chinese translations until 2014].
[No Chinese translations until 2014].
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1981 | Katz, Michael. Amy Lowell and the Orient. In : Comparative literature studies, vol. 18, no 2 (1981). | Publication / Low4 |