Ezra Pound Society panels at the Conference of the American Literature Association in Washington DC. May 22-25 2014.
Panel I Ezra Pound and Other World Cultures
Chair: Demetres P. Tryphonopoulos, University of New Brunswick
1. “Ezra Pound's Poetics of Chinese Economics,” Kristin Grogan, The University of New South Wales
2. “The Temple is not For Sale: Ideogrammatic History and Citizenship in Ezra Pound’s The Cantos” Christopher McVey, University of Wisconsin-Madison
3. “Let Them Love Tomorrow: Pound, H.D., and Eliot on the ‘Pergilium Veneris.’” Miranda Hickman, McGill University
4. “Pound in Dilation: Stepping Through the Poet’s Window into the Language, Ceremony, and Paradise of the Naxi Tribespeople of Southern Tibet,” Robert Kibler, Minot State University
Audio-Visual Equipment required: None Requested slot: Thursday or Friday, afternoon
Panel II Ezra Pound’s Affiliations with Archibald MacLeish
Chair: Robert Kibler, Minot State University
1. “‘[U]sury age-old and age-thick / and liars in public places’: Ezra Pound’s Response to WWI,” Demetres P. Tryphonopoulos, University of New Brunswick
2. “Archibald MacLeish’s Response to WWI: Three Early Poems,” Donna K. Hollenberg, University of Connecticut
3. “‘[A] healthy spirit of internecine criticism’: Pound on the Poetry of MacLeish through their Correspondence,” Christa Fratantoro, Independent Scholar
Audio-Visual Equipment required: None Requested
slot: Thursday afternoon or Friday morning
Business Meeting Requested: immediately following panel if possible