A Guide to the Letter to John Gould Fletcher, 19903s. (ca.) Fletcher, Gould, John, Letter to 8207-g

A Guide to the Letter to John Gould Fletcher, 19903s. (ca.)

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Accession Number 8207-g

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Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

8207-g

Title

Letter to John Gould Fletcher 1930s (ca.)

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of 1 item.

Language

English

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Preferred Citation

Letter to John Gould Fletcher, Accession #8207-g, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased from Jerry N. Showalter on 1997 March 10.

Scope and Content Information

Ezra Pound, Rapallo, [Italy], to [John Gould] Fletcher. 2 p. on 1 l. He discusses literature in England and in the United States during the decade between 1920 and 1930. Writes "Fight is now ECONOMIC/ / / / with Douglas and Unterguggenberger" [C. H. Douglas and Louis Untermeyer ?]. Writes "No more wail fer special favours to poets, is needed. There is ENOUGH"...mentioning "specially subsidized "blockheads/Canbys/Harriets etc." Mentions that the new Paideuma [poetry journal] is out. Writes that [Leo] Frobenius and [Jean] Cocteau survive into the new day. Requests that the reader: "Dissociate the stuff done from economic motivation, and the real Stuff/ / / next few years have got to go on Economics/ / / then we can settle into a well earned old age." TLS