As I recall, there is a book by McDougal that treats Pound's relation to the
troubadors, as well as a book by Ronnie Apter.  Further, a recent work on the
troubador tradition--one that seeks to dispel the idea that troubador verse
owes its subject and its verse forms exclusively to Islamic invaders, seeing
indigenous French and Spanish traditions at work, is called Handbook of the
Troubadors, edited by one of my old professors at Minnesota--if you are
sufficiently interested, let me know back channel and I will either remember
his name or dig out the book.
 There are so many Dantean passages in Pound, and so many commentaries on
Dante, that I would not limit you by recommending any here. However, for your
project, you should get hold of Pound's translations of Guido Cavalcanti's
sonnets. This is an early work by Pound, but in its introduction, there are
many of his key beliefs about translation and about the period of the sweet new
style in Tuscany. You might also look up Rossetti's translation of the Vita
Nuova--it also contains a key introduction outlining beliefs about translation
that influence Pound. And for Dante--you should arm yourself with a translation
of De Vulgari Eloquentia that Pound probably used, and that is still touted as
one of the best--the 1910 Dent translations. And on more thing--to understand
Dante, and, I think, to understand Pound's understanding of Dante and
Cavalcanti, you need to get Averroes' treatise on the passive and active
intellect. In fact, there is an article that needs to be written about the
Averroes link to Pound--and remember, Pound's son translated Islamic verse. The
book is available from New Directions. But now I digress. Hope this helps.
Robert K










Quoting Espen Grønlie <[log in to unmask]>:

> Dear Poundians,
>
> I’m doing my master on Dante’s ”De Vulgari Eloquentia”, partly inspired
> by
> Pound’s ”The Spirit of Romance” and his ”Literary essays”. My first
> question
> to you is: Does anyone know of other relevant passages in Pound?
>
> Secondly, I would very much like to know if there exists any literature
> dealing with Pound’s relation to the troubadour tradition.
>
> And last, can any of you recommend works on Dante and/or the
> troubadours?
>
> Thanks in advance for any reply.
>
> Espen Gronlie, Oslo
>
>
>
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