本书是英国文学名家导读丛书的一本，也是一部学习和研究英国诗人宠德的有用参考书。全书以较多的篇幅详细介绍了庞德这位有争议的诗人的生活和文学、文化、政治背景，并对其鸿篇巨制《诗章》内容的复杂性以及诗人在20世纪诗坛上的地位进行了较为中肯的评述。

本套丛书由学有成就的专家、学者撰写。作者以深厚的学术功底，深情的笔端，将各名家及其作品置于历史社会文化的大背景之下，对文本进行了深度的解读。论证充分，剖析精辟，文笔优美。

《庞德导读》较详细地介绍了庞德这位有争议的诗人的生平及其文学、文化、政治背景，中肯而客观地论述了其鸿篇巨制《诗章》内容的复杂性以及诗人在20世纪诗坛上的地位。

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE: THE WRITER AND HIS SETHNG

Chronological table

1 BIOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND-

A man on whom the sun has gone down’

‘Born in a half savage country’

‘This damn’d profession of writing’

‘Drinking the tone of things’

‘Full impetus of vehement will’

‘Abstract yatter’

‘A blown husk that is finished’

2 LITERARY, CULTURAL AND POLITICAL BACKGROUND

Wearing masks

Making it new: the ‘isms’ of modernism

The Chinese connection: language, poetry, philosophy

Economic politics

Sexual politics

PART TWO: CRITICAL SURVEY

Personae

Imagism in practice

Cathay

Homage to Sextus Propertius

Hugh Selwyn Mauberley

The Cantos

The nature of The Cantos

The sections of The Cantos

The language of The Cantos

Aspects of The Cantos ~

Conclusion

Contents

PART THREE: REFERENCE SECTION

Brief biographies

Gazetteer

Bibliography

Further reading

INDEX