First edition

“EZRA POUND | SPEAKING” | RADIO SPEECHES OF | WORLD WAR II | Edited by Leonard W. Doob | CONTRIBUTIONS IN AMERICAN STUDIES, NUMBER 37 | GREENWOOD PRESS | WESTPORT, CONNECTICUT * LONDON, ENGLAND

xv, 465 pp., 1 leaf, 2 blank leaves. 24.1 x 16.2 cm. Red cloth boards stamped in black on front cover and on spine; end-papers. (Issued without dust-jacket.)

Published 30 June 1978 at $29.95 in the series “Contributions in American Studies, 37”; 1,750 copies printed. On verso of title-leaf: ... First published in 1978 ... Printed in the United States of America...

“The present collection consists of original manuscripts Pound prepared to read on Rome radio, divided into two parts: “Part 1 includes all of the available manuscripts (105) for the broadcasts recorded by the F[ederal] C[ommunications] C[ommission]: October 2, 1941, to December 7, 1941; January 29, 1942, to July 26, 1942; February 18, 1943, to July 25, 1943. ... To date ... it has been impossible to locate five of Pound’s original manuscripts, hence the FCC versions in these instances, imperfect though they are, have been substituted ... In a few instances gaps in the manuscripts themselves have been filled by sections of the FCC transcripts; these substitutions are clearly indicated. “Part 2 includes 10 speeches written before the FCC monitoring unit had been established ... as well as speeches either not used or not monitored. They have been selected by Mary de Rachewiltz because in her opinion they represent a fair sample of Pound’s central ideas and themes. “The anonymous and pseudonymous scripts Pound also wrote are not included ... because they merely repeat ideas already expressed in other speeches.” (“Introduction,” pp. [xi]-xii)

Contents: PART 1, 110 FCC-RECORDED scripts: 1 (1941 Oct. 2) Last Ditch of Democracy—2 (Oct. 26) Books and Music—3 (Nov. 4) The Golden Wedding— 4 (Nov. 6) This War on Youth—on a Generation—5 (Dec. 7) Those Parentheses—6 (1942 Jan. 29) On Resuming—7 (Feb. 3) 30 Years or a Hundred—8 (Feb. 10) The Stage in America—g (Feb. 12) Canto 46 [a reading of the Canto with introductory explanation] —10 (Feb. 17) Sale and Manufacture of War— 11 (Feb. 19) Power—12 (Feb. 26) America was Intentions—13 (Mar. 2) Napoleon, Etc.—14 (Mar. 6) Why Pick on the Jew?—15 (Mar. 8) Gold: England— 16 (Mar. 15) England—17 (Mar. 19) And the Time Lag—18 (Mar. 22) But How?—19 (Mar. 23) But How? Second Item—zo (Mar. 26) MCARTHUR—21 (Mar. 30) The Pattern—22 (Apr. 6) Destruction—23 (Apr. 9) Indecision—24 (Apr. 12) Comic Relief—25 (Apr. 13) Question of Motive—26 (Apr. 16) Clarification—27 (Apr. 19) To Social Creditors—28 (Apr. 20) Aberration—29 (Apr. 23) MACLEISH—3o (Apr. 26) Blast—31 (Apr. 27) Opportunity Recognized—32 (Apr. 30) Non-Jew—33 (May 4) Universality—34 (May 9) The Duration—35 (May 10) The Precarious—36 (May 11) A French Accent—37 (May 14) To be Late (Essere in Ritardo)—38 (May 17) Free Speech in Albion (alias England)—39 122 (May 18) With Phantoms—4o (May 21) E. E. Cummings Examined—41 (May 24) Brain Trust—42 (May 28) As a Beginning—43 (May 31) Brain Trust: Second Spasm—44 (June 4) As to Pathology and Psychoses—g5 (June 8) The Keys of Heaven—46 (June 14) The British Imperium—47 (June 15) Violence—g8 (June 19) The Fallen Gentleman (lI Signor Decaduto)—49 (June 25) That Interval of Time—so (June 28) The Giftie—s1 (July 2) Disbursement of Wisdom—52 (July 6) Continuity—s3 (July 10) How Come—s4 Quly 12) Freedumb Forum—s55 (July 13) Darkness—56 (July 17) Perfect Phrasing—57 (July 19) July 16th, an Anniversary—s8 (July 20) Superstition—s9 (July 26) Axis Propaganda—6o (1943 Feb 18) More Homely—6r (Feb. 19) That Illusion—62 (Feb. 21) Serviti—63 (Feb. 23) Complexity—64 (Mar. 7) Toward Veracity—65 (Mar. 9) Pots to Fracture—66 (Mar. 14) Anglophilia—67 (Mar. 16) To Explain—68 (Mar. 19) More Names—6g (Mar. 21) Pogrom—zo (Mar. 25) To Recapitulate—71 (Mar. 26) Financial Defeat: U. S—72 (Mar. 30) Usurocracy—73 (Apr. 4) Lyric Tenors—74 (Apr. 6) Fetish—75 (Apr. 13) Valentine—76 (Apr. 17) J. G. Blaine—77 (Apr. 18) Canute—78 (Apr. 20) Zion—79 (Apr. 24) Conscience—80 (Apr. 27) On Retiring—81 (May 2) On the Nature of Treachery—82 (May 4) Romance—83 (May 8) Philosemite—84 (May 9) Lord Bleeder—85 (May 11) Sumner Welles—86 (May 15) Economic Aggression—87 (May 16) Administration—88 (May 18) Economic Oppression—89 (May 22) In the Woodshed—go (May 23) Soberly—g1 (May 24) (Title unknown)—92 (May 25) And Back of the Woodshed—93 (May 29) Surprise— 94 (June 1) Big Jew—95 (June 5) Debt—96 (June 12) (Therapy)—97 (June 13) To the Memory [of G. K. Chesterton]-98 (June 15) (Obsequies)—99 (June 19) War Aims—roo (June 20) (On Brains or Medulla)—1o1 (June 22) Stalin— 102 (June 26) Materialism—103 (June 29) Communist Millionaires—104 (July 3) Coloring—105 (July 4) (Title unknown)—106 (July 6) Credit: Legality— 107 (July 17) Audacia/Audacity—108 (July 20) Objection (Protesta)—109 (July 24) Civilization—110 (July 25) Lost or Stolen (Perduto o rubato)—part II: 10 MISCELLANEOUS SCRIPTS: 111 (early 1941) Homesteads—112 (1941) March Arrivals—113 (1941) America was Promises—114 (1941) Aristotle and Adams— 115 (1942) To Consolidate—116 (1941) To Albion—117 (1941) Two Pictures—118 (1941) Quisling—r1i9 (1943) Philology—izo (1941) Church Peril— APPENDIX 1: The Content Analysis: Methodology—APPENDIX 2: Quantitative Analysis—APPENDIX 3: Pound’s Critics—APPENDIX 4: Style and Techniques— BIBLIOGRAPHY—GLOSSARY AND INDEX TO NAMES