The Poetic Dialog between Langston Hughes and Ezra Pound

Foreign Literature Studies ›› 2017, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (3): 16-24.

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The Poetic Dialog between Langston Hughes and Ezra Pound

Luo Lianggong

Online:2017-06-25 Published:2022-06-15
About author:Luo Lianggong is professor of English and Director of Institute for Literatures in English, Central China Normal University (Wuhan 430079, China). He is author of over 60 essays and two monographs, and translator and editor of over 10 books, mainly engaged in English poetry, African American literature, and literary translation. Email: luogon2@yahoo.com

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Abstract: It is significant to make a comparative study of Langston Hughes and Ezra Pound. Beginning with a historical revisit to the personal communication of these two great poets of the 20th century, this essay examines the dialog between them on their cultural and political views and poetics as well, believing that these two poets produced a poetic dialog, which demonstrates a relationship based on both alliance and antagonism, and outlines two different roads towards American poetics.

Key words: Langston Hughes, Ezra Pound, dialog, poetics, politics, culture

Luo Lianggong. The Poetic Dialog between Langston Hughes and Ezra Pound[J]. Foreign Literature Studies, 2017, 39(3): 16-24.

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