Note: Includes writings indexed by title. Bold entries in parentheses refer to Plate
numbers.
Abyssinia, Italian invasion of 197
Adams, Charles Francis 164
Agresti, Olivia Rossetti 200
Aldington, Hilda (née Doolittle, Hilda (HD)) 41
America xi–xii
challenge of Italian Fascism 142–3
journalists question Pound 301
Pound at Hamilton College 309–12
Pound issued with new passport 46
Pound on university education 299
Pound on unsuitability of Fascism for 142–3,
303
Pound sails to (
23),
300–1
Pound’s aim in going to 300,
307
Pound’s American identity 297–8
Pound’s ideas for revival of American culture 299
Pound’s impatience with democracy 105
Pound’s instructions for government of 295–6
Pound’s loss of readers in 244
Pound’s love-hate relationship with 124–5
Pound’s promotion of his economic ideas 307–8,
310
American Social Credit Movement 245
Angleton, James Jesus 305
Antheil, George (
5),
118,
206
concert with Rudge 57,
60
noisy rehearsals in Pound’s studio 57–8
Second Sonata for Violin and Piano
61–2
Antheil and the Treatise on Harmony
59
anti-Semitism:
Bunting’s criticism of Pound’s views 262–3
difference between Germany and Italy 236
Pound a liability because of 245
Pound refuses to help Jewish musician 242–3
Pound’s endorsement of racist violence 261–2
Pound’s endorsement on economic grounds 243
Pound’s reaction to Italian race laws 260
used by Pound to further economic ideas xii,
157–8,
242
views of Pound’s friends on his attitude 263
arms industry, in Cantos
173–4
Aryan Path (magazine) 247
Atheling, William (pseudonym of EP) 59,
254
Bank of the United States, in Cantos
171–2
banks:
in Cantos
81,
85,
146–7,
163,
164,
168,
171–2,
174,
177,
212–14,
216,
218–20,
287,
290–1,
292,
330
Bel Esprit scheme 35–8
Eliot’s repudiation of 38–9
Borgia, Lucrezia, in Cantos
90
Bunting, Basil (
12),
56,
104,
159,
204
abdication of Edward VIII 235–6
breaks with Pound over anti-Semitic views 262–3
warns Pound about his political associations 244–5
Butler, Nicholas Murray 118
Cantos, The:
anti-Semitism in Canto 52 273
banking and economics in 81,
85,
146–7,
163,
164,
168,
171–2,
173–4,
177,
212–14,
216,
218–20,
287,
289,
290–1,
292,
330
Draft of the Cantos 17–27 (John Rodker) 78,
83
Draft of XVI Cantos (Three Mountains Press) 78,
79
Draft of XXX Cantos (Hours Press) 78
epic of the capitalist era 180
as foundation myth of a universal civilization 79
open intelligence of the poet 159
states of mind and emotions 95
struggle of the individual 80
Williams’ appreciations of 93–4
Zukofsky’s review of Cantos 1–27 95
Carnegie Endowment for Peace 118–19
Cavalcanti, Guido 72,
108
Pound and philosophy of 111–14
Pound’s celebration as psychologist of emotions 110–11
Pound’s edition of Le Rime
108–10
significance for Pound 170
Chigi Saracini, Guido 184,
255
Ciano, Count Gian Galeazzo 193
Clermont-Tonnere, Duchesse de 7
Clusmann, Heinz (renamed Heinz Henghes) 190
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 113
Committee for the Nation to Rebuild Prices and Purchasing Power 147
Comprehensive Mirror for the Aid of Government
272,
273
Confucius/Confucianism 45,
52,
53,
74–6,
209,
227,
234,
247,
251,
265,
277,
282,
396–7n
international understanding 256
transmission of ideas to Europe 272
Confucius/Digest of the Analects
247,
252
Contempo (magazine) 96,
144
‘Credit and the Fine Arts: A Practical Application’ 35
Czechoslovakia 263–4
Pound’s reaction to German seizure of 265
democracy, and Pound xi–xii,
76,
100
commitment to the idea of 150,
180
disgust with failed state of 102
failure to support the arts 36,
146
Dial
3,
39
gives annual Award to Pound 90
‘Malatesta’ cantos rejected 48
Doolittle, Hilda (HD) 11,
121
‘Dr Williams’ Position’ 99
economics, and Pound:
cultural heritage as source of value 149
effect of bad economics 23
on the importance of economics 144–5
lack of purchasing power as cause of Depression 147–8
need for radical reform 146
positive view of Nazi economic policy 237–8
principal ideas from ABC of Economics
151
solution to economic crisis 144
state control of credit 141–2
Edel, Leon xi
Eliot, T S (
14),
28,
29,
58,
144,
253
criticism of Pound’s poetry 90
intellectual differences with Pound 90–1
personal relations with Pound 91
Pound’s Bel Esprit scheme to raise funds for 35–8
Pound’s editing of The Waste Land
31–2
Pound’s praise of The Waste Land
32
Pound’s reservations about The Waste Land
32–3
reaction to Munich Agreement 269–70
repudiates Bel Esprit scheme 38–9
Selected Essays 1917–1932
129
visits Pound in Rapallo 68
visits Pound in Verona 37
Ellerman, Winifred (Bryher) 36
Euripides, The Bacchae
12
Ezekiel, Mordecai J B 241
Fascism:
changing meaning of term 209
distinction from Nazism 371n
Fascist Party as aristocracy 101–2
individual responsibility 101
Pound a Jeffersonian Fascist 147
Pound’s disposition to think well of 101
Pound’s endorsement of Italian xii
Fiddle Music: First Suite
61
Ford, Ford Madox (
3),
29,
71
borrows money from Pound 125
encourages Pound to come to America 298–9
transatlantic review
56,
57
form:
Brancusi’s sculpture 4,
72,
107
form/content dichotomy 90
social and political life 72
‘Fungus, Twilight or Dry Rot’ 101–2
‘Gaudier: A Postscript’ xi
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von xi
government:
aim of democratic government xi,
246
criticism of American 105
irresponsibility of capitalist democracies xi
loss of control over money 148,
172
Mussolini as force for enlightened 100,
101,
136
Guido Cavalcanti Rime
109–10
critical reception of 110
Hamilton College 124,
309–12
awards honorary doctorate to Pound 309,
311–12
Pound declines to give money to 311
Pound’s disagreement with Kaltenborn 310–11
harmony, Pound’s theory of 25–8
Henderson, Alice Corbin 3,
33,
35
Heyman, Katherine (‘Kitty’) Ruth 119
Hitler, Adolf 137,
183,
187
Pound’s negative view of 236–7
seizure of supreme power 191
Homage to Sextus Propertius
56
Hound and Horn (magazine) 96,
97
‘Huey, God bless him’ 325–7
Ibbotson, Joseph Darling 144,
299
‘Immediate Need of Confucius’ 247
intelligence:
efficient intelligence 139,
175
intelligence of the poet 159
as society’s primary resource 4–6,
36
International Irish Race Conference 33
International Labour Organization (ILO) 106
Italy under Mussolini:
anti-individualistic nature of 134–5
challenge for America 142–3
George V’s state visit 52
Pound denies writing propaganda for 200
Pound dreams of modern renaissance in 55,
142
Pound impressed by new energy in 47
Pound opposes sanctions against 202
Pound’s 1935 radio broadcast 193
Pound’s favourable view of 102
Pound’s justification of dictatorship for 140–1
Pound’s pro-Italian journalism 200–1,
203
Pound’s prose writings in 103–4
Pound’s reaction to invasion of Abyssinia 199–200,
202
Pound’s wartime ‘Radio Speeches’ 103
private property/wealth 135
synthesis of capitalism and socialism 135
Japan, Pound’s promotion of cultural exchange with 255–7
Jefferson, Thomas:
shaping of American Revolution 170
Jefferson and/or Mussolini
101,
102,
138,
139,
141–2,
162,
168,
169,
172,
177,
181,
225,
236
Joyce, James (
3),
xi,
28,
62,
144
Pound’s criticism of Finnegans Wake
92
Pound’s disaffection with 91–2
Pound’s efforts on behalf of 28–9
Laughlin, James, IV (
15),
185–6,
189,
192–3,
195,
205,
208,
248,
304,
305,
381n
Le Testament or Villon xi,
17–23,
24,
58,
67
co-operation with Agnes Bedford 18–19
co-operation with George Antheil 19–20
League of Nations:
Disarmament Conference 187
Pound opposes sanctions against Italy 202
Pound proposes replacement for 200,
202–3
Pound views as British financial tool 202
Lewis, Wyndham 28,
40,
184,
267
Pound’s continuing regard for 91
Time and Western Man
91,
92
L’Indice (literary paper) 103–4
McCormack, Nancy Cox 8,
39,
54
de Mailla, Joseph-Anne-Marie de Moyriac 273,
274–5
Marcher, Frau Johanna 67,
122
Marx, Karl, in Cantos
164
Mensdorff, Count Albert von 118
money:
finance/financial system 12,
85,
122,
169,
174,
193,
202,
230,
237,
240,
246,
261,
287,
303,
307
as foundation of sane administration 307
lack of purchasing power as cause of Depression 147–8
as pivot of all social action 299–300
state control of credit 141–2
Monte dei Paschi bank 207
music, and Pound xi,
7
Antheil’s noisy rehearsals 57–8
compositions for violin 57
Dante’s ‘Al poco giorno’ 116
Fiddle Music: First Suite
61
Rapallo musical seminars 204–5
use of microfilm in research 255
Venice Biennale of Music (1936) 210–11
Mussolini, Benito xii,
44,
51,
133–4,
158
on consequences of agreement with Hitler 197
international praise for 135
Pound requests audience with 130
Pound’s justification of his dictatorship 140–1
receives Order of the Bath 52
Rudge performs for 70,
101
National Institute of Arts and Letters (USA), Pound’s election to 298
Natural Philosophy of Love (Remy de Gourmont) 9–10
Pound’s ‘Translator’s Postscript’ 10
Nazi Germany 183,
191
economic preparations for war 238
Pound’s negative view of 236–7
Pound’s opposition to war against 265
Pound’s positive view of 237–9
New Hungarian Quartet 210,
253
Norland Institute and Nurseries 69
Olivet College (Michigan) 298–9
Paris, Pound in (
2),
3–9,
28–37,
52–8
affaire with Olga Rudge 7,
53–4
leaves for Italy (1924) 62–3
nucleus of intelligence 4,
6–7
Pelley, William Dudley 240,
242
Personae: The Collected Poems of Ezra Pound
67
Picabia, Francis xi,
4,
6
Poland, Anglo-French assurances to 271
political thought of Pound xi–xii,
72–6
combining American democracy and Italian Fascism 245,
246
dictatorship of the aristocracy 102
forms of social and political life 72
indignation and disgust 99–100
individual freedom and dictatorship 107
justification of Fascist dictatorship 140–1
nature of a good state 100
political views in 1938 265–6
role in a Fascist Europe 266–7
role of individual leaders 100
Pound, Dorothy (
8,
19),
31,
37,
40,
54,
58,
119,
123–4,
129,
183,
207,
211
anti-Semitism in Italy 259,
260
complaisance over Pound’s relationship with Rudge 70
concern over finances 125
encounters march of unemployed 126
relationship with Pound 8,
71
Pound, Ezra (
1,
2,
3,
7,
9,
10,
11,
16,
17,
20,
21,
23)
affaire with Nancy Cunard 41,
119
artist’s work his biography xi
character and personality 7–8
coexistence of will to create and destroy 108
daughter Maria/Mary Rudge born 64–7
distrust of general principles 235
education of his daughter 252–3
education of the young 194
financial advice to Olivia Shakespear 126
indignation and disgust 99–100
inner conflict over children 70
local nature of civilization 183
personal feelings, dismissal of 70,
120
pursuit of Miss Lovibond 120
relationship with Dorothy 8,
71
support of literary magazines 96–7
tyranny of the average mind 5
on university education 299
walking trips in France 62
women’s limited creative role 11
Pound, Isabel Weston (mother) 121–2,
123
Pound, Omar (son of Dorothy) 69,
71,
119,
121,
125,
129,
184,
190,
208,
252,
258–9,
267
Pound, Thaddeus C (grandfather) 61
Profile: An Anthology Collected in MCMXXXI
126,
128–9
prose, Pound’s:
proposed collected edition 127–8
prose, public utility of 34
Prosperity (magazine) 205
Rapallo, Pound in (
1,
10,
11,
21),
46,
58,
59,
64,
65
his parents retire to 121–2
‘Revolution Betrayed, The’ 261
Rome Radio, Pound’s wartime ‘Radio Speeches’ 103
Rudge, Maria/Mary (daughter) (
16,
17,
18),
66–7,
118,
122–3,
124,
190–1,
195–6,
209,
211,
269
Pound’s education of 252–3
Pound’s ‘Laws for Maria’ 196
Rudge, Olga (
4,
5,
6,
18,
22),
58,
61–2,
121,
184,
207
concert in Rome (1926) 69
concert with Antheil 57,
60
Le Testament or Villon
23,
24
performs for Mussolini 70,
101
Pound’s promotion of career of 118
relations with Pound 7,
53–4,
59,
62,
65,
68,
70,
118,
119–20,
123,
269
Vivaldi: A Preliminary Survey
255
‘Salutation the Second’ 12
Sanders, Abel (pseudonym) 4
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr 181
Seminole war (1835–42) 199
Shakespear, Henry Hope 53
Shakespeare & Company 33,
58
Social Credit 29,
35,
136,
145,
147,
149,
150,
184,
200,
204,
208,
237,
238,
240,
241,
245,
251,
325–6
Social Credit: An Impact
207,
208
Spirit of Romance, The
323
Tennessee Valley Authority 147
Three Mountains Press 41,
52,
78
transatlantic review
56,
57,
59
Treatise on Harmony, The
25–7
Venice 40,
67,
108,
115,
120,
139,
195,
252–3,
267,
269
Olga Rudge buys house in 119,
122
Venice Biennale of Music (1936) 210–11
Villon, François, Pound’s view of 21–2
Wall Street Crash (1929) xi,
122
war:
Pound’s understanding of 230
Washington DC, Pound in 302
Whitehead, Alfred North 304
Williams, William Carlos 7,
62,
127,
145,
188,
208,
302
criticism of Pound’s support for Fascism 308–9
Pound contrasts himself with 99
on Pound’s Guide to Kulchur
308
on Pound’s musical ability 61
Yeats, W B (
14),
29,
33,
64–5,
98
criticism of Pound’s poetry 93
The King of the Great Clock Tower
190
‘Meditations in Time of Civil War’ 44
on Pound’s Cantos
92,
161
Pound’s final meeting with 268
Pound’s relations with 92
Zukofsky, Louis (
13),
94–7,
124,
127,
129,
144–5,
239–40,
242
believes Pound not an anti-Semite 263
‘Poem Beginning “The”’ 94,
98
Pound’s encouragement of 95–6
on Pound’s loss of readers in America 244
on Pound’s politics 306–7
review of Pound’s cantos 1–27 95