Ben,
Apart from minor differences in details -- Pound's 12 volumes (LE17)
versus Carpenter's 10 volumes, and Pound's different take on the reason why
OUP rejected it-- this seems to be it.
Thank you,
Tim Romano
At 09:25 AM 8/25/03, Ben.Harper wrote:
>Is it this one?
>
>"During 1916 he offered another project to Macmillan, a ten-volume
>anthology of world poetry, for which he composed a thoroughly impressive
>scenario in the office of the literary agent A.P. Watt. Unfortunately he
>included in it the statement 'It is time we had something to replace that
>doddard Palgrave.' As the Macmillan fortunes were founded on the success
>of Palgrave's 'Golden Treasury', they turned down the proposal."
>Humphrey Carpenter, A Serious Character, part 2 Chapter 18, pp.308-309.
>
>Carpenter cites Noel Stock's biography as the source: the beginning of
>chapter 12 of that book describes the same story, adding that after being
>rejected by Macmillan Pound tried to interest OUP, but was again rejected
>on the grounds of wartime restrictions (this was 1916-17). No indication
>if the outline survives.
>
>
>
>At 07:26 23/08/03 -0400, Tim Romano wrote:
> >Too bad there's no such thing as an APB for this sort of thing. Any way to
> >track it down? Who might that "respected agent" have been? Pound also took
> >the idea to an academic press who had "challenged Palgrave". But they
> >rejected the ambitious 12-volume plan, replying that they'd be interested
> >in doing something 'more in the nature of gems'. (LE18). Would this have
> >been Oxford University Press?
> >Regards
> >Tim Romano
> >
> >At 06:11 PM 8/21/03, Tim Redman wrote:
> >>I haven't seen it, but it certainly would be interesting.
> >>
> >>Cordially,
> >>
> >>Tim Redman
> >>
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> >>
> >>In How to Read, Pound mentions a 12-volume anthology of the poetry, in
> >>which each poem would contain an invention, "a definite contribution to the
> >>art of verbal expression." He writes that his outline for the project
> >>contained over 300 items, and that he had shown it to a respected agent.
> >>Has this outline survived?
> >>
> >>Regards
> >>Tim Romano
> >>
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