From Library Journal
The literary value of this 1912 travel journal lies not in its composition but in its substance, which reflects the influence of the medieval Provencal troubadours on Pound's writings (a related work is Pound's Translations of Arnaut Daniel , ed. by Charlotte Ward, Garland, 1991). Using the rigorous editorial technique of retracing Pound's actual steps, Sieburth has competently reconstructed and annotated a partially illegible, disordered manuscript. Fragmentary in nature, the entries are generally impressionistic unpeopled scenarios: architecture, weather, and food are mentioned, but never in any sustained detail. Also included are notes for an unrealized book that digress into an invective against editors and a draft for a work on troubadours. Publication of a primary source always serves to advance scholarship; this one is recommended for humanities collections.
- Janice Braun, Oakland, Cal.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Janice Braun, Oakland, Cal.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
