Correspondence of Ezra Pound and the Frobenius Institute, 1930-1959

Erik Tonning is Professor of English at NLA University College, Norway, and Professor II of British Literature and Culture at the University of Bergen, Norway. He is co-editor of the Modernist Archives series and the Historicizing Modernism series, both published by Bloomsbury. He is the author of Samuel Beckett’s Abstract Drama and Modernism and Christianity, as well as the editor of a number of volumes on modernism.

Tonning’s impressive volume fills a heretofore glaring gap in assessing the place of Frobenius in Pound’s expansive use of him in his poetry and prose. While it reminds readers of Pound’s egregious antisemitic prejudice throughout, “The Correspondence” balances firsthand material and incisive criticism in a comprehensive bibliographic context that make it the definitive work on this essential component of Pound.

• List of Figures Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: The Correspondence of Ezra Pound and the Frobenius Institute, 1930–1959 : Erik TonningThe Correspondence of Ezra Pound and the Frobenius Institute, 1930–1959 Commentary 1 Between Opportunity and Oppression: Leo Frobenius and His Instituteduring the Third Reich: Richard Kuba2 “European Paideuma”: Ezra Pound’s Mediterranean Modernism: Erik Tonning3 Pound, Spengler, and Frobenius: Toward a NEW Paideuma: Ronald Bush4 Out of von Humboldt: Science, Aesthetics, and Obscurity in The Cantos: Kenneth HaynesAppend ix 1 Ezra Pound : Three Articles on Frobenius Appendix 2 Douglas C. Fox: Two Articles on Frobenius Glossary Bibliography