I suggest using "A Companion to the Cantos of Ezra Pound", Carroll F.
Terrell, UC Press, 1993 and (though it has been superceded and is out of
print) the ground-breaking "Annotated Index to the Cantos of Ezra Pound",
John H. Edwards, 1972 UC Press for identification of passages in the Cantos.
Also, Guide to Kulchur and ABC of Reading will throw a lot of light on the
subject from Ez's point of view.

Troubadours: "A Walking Tour in Southern France: Ezra Pound Among the
Troubadours", by Richard Sieburth, assembled from Pound manuscripts, New
Directions, 1992; "Ezra Pound and the Troubadour Tradition", Stuart
McDougal, Princeton U. Press (out of print).

I'm sure you know that you can get a lot of out of print stuff from Amazon,
alibris, Powell's, and others.  Much easier to get op books now that we have
the www.

Others know much more than I, but this will give you a good start.

-----Original Message-----
From: Espen Grønlie [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 9:40 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: De Vulgari Eloquentia


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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