Some Observations on Pasolini's Interview to Ezra Pound
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https://doi.org/10.5944/epos.38.2022.36367Keywords:
Pier Paolo Pasolini; Ezra Pound; Vanni Ronsisvalle: Incontri. Ezra Pound; criticism and literary historyAbstract
The starting point of this study is Pier Paolo Pasolini’s interview with Ezra Pound in the autumn of 1967 for a documentary by Vanni Ronsisvalle titled Incontri. Ezra Pound, broadcast by the RAI in June of 1968. To begin with, we present the exact context in which this documentary was produced. We then offer a description and analysis of the content of the interview, as well as an in-depth study of Pasolini’s critical observations on the American poet, which allows us to understand the relevance, significance, and evolution of the Italian poet’s reactions of attraction to, and rejection of Pound. A final appendix describing the documentary in its entirety is included, as a useful frame of reference for the interview studied.
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