Ezra Pound and Confucianism: Remaking Humanism in the Face of Modernity

by Feng Lan

Book Overview

In Ezra Pound and Confucianism, Feng Lan offers the first study of Ezra Pound's project of establishing a Confucian humanism as an alternative to Western modernism. While Pound scholars are familiar with the American poet's commitment to Confucianism, the question of how Confucianism systematically shaped Pound's thoughts has not been convincingly answered. Lan shows that when confronted with what appeared to him a dehumanising modern world,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442613114
• ISBN13: 9781442613119
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher