Modernist Hellenism: Pound, Eliot, H.D., and the Translation of Greece

Modernist Hellenism argues that engagement with Greek was central to the evolution of modernist poetics throughout the first half of the twentieth century. It shows that Eliot, Pound, and H.D. all turn to Greek literature, and increasingly Greek tragedy, as they attempt to grapple not only with their own evolving poetics but also with changing sociocultural circumstances at large. Revisiting major modernist works from the perspective of each poet's translations and adaptations from Greek, and drawing on archival materials, the book distinguishes Pound and H.D.'s work from Eliot's and argues for the existence of a specifically modernist hellenism (rather than, say, classicizing or idealizing, decadent or heretical), which is personal, politicized, and unconstrained by institutional standards, but also profoundly textual, language-based, and engaged with classical scholarship. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

現代主義希臘主義主張，希臘語的參與對於二十世紀上半葉現代主義詩學的演變至關重要。它顯示出，艾略特、龐德和H.D.都轉向希臘文學，並越來越多地轉向希臘悲劇，他們試圖不僅應對自己不斷演變的詩學，還要應對整體社會文化環境的變化。本書從每位詩人的希臘文翻譯和改編的角度重新審視主要的現代主義作品，並借助檔案資料，將龐德和H.D.的作品與艾略特的作品區分開來，並主張存在一種特別的現代主義希臘主義（而不是說，古典化或理想化、墮落或異端），這種希臘主義是個人化、政治化的，不受制於機構標準，但同時也是深入文本、以語言為基礎、與古典學術相關的。本書是Flip it Open計劃的一部分，也可能提供開放存取。詳情請查看我們的網站Cambridge Core。