Money and modernity : Pound, Williams, and the spirit of Jefferson / by Alec Marsh.

Author/creator Marsh, Alec, 1953-
Format Book
Publication InfoTuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©1998.
Descriptionxvi, 290 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972--Political and social views.
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963--Political and social views.
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963--Knowledge. --Economics.
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972--Knowledge. --Economics.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Influence.
Capitalism and literature--United States. --History. --20th century.
American poetry--20th century. --History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature)--United States.
Economics in literature.
Money in literature.

Contents Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Jeffersonian economics: debt and the production of value -- Three aspects of the Jeffersonian political aesthetic -- The virtues of distribution: a genealogy of Poundian economics -- Fertility rites/financial rites: Pound, Williams, and the political economy of sex -- Poesis versus production: the economic defense of poetry in the age of corporate capitalism -- Dewey, Williams, and the pragmatic poem -- Overcoming modernity: representing the corporation and the promise of pluralism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 269-280) and index.
LCCN 97045459
ISBN0817309217 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PS3531.O82 Z746 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold