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alpine castle setting that is restful, beautiful and fascinating;
an instructor who is highly knowledgeable, diligent and personal;
a poet to study who is complex, innovative and controversial;
a graduate-level poetry workshop, an on-site library of primary
and secondary materials; the opportunity to meet and converse
with members of the poet’s family, adventurous and focused
classmates, a guided trip to Venice and easy access to other
Northern Italian sites, great food and unique accommodations
included in the tuition cost: what more could a summer graduate
student possibly want?
--Doug Bradburd (Summer 2004 participant)
Brunnenburg,
with vine terraces on its slopes, with a family in its farmhouse
to work its modest lands, belonged in the 1950's to Prince Boris
de Rachewiltz, an Italian Egyptologist. . . . His correspondence
with Ezra Pound commenced because he had married Pound's daughter
(broad-browed, amber-headed, her father's image). And Brunnenburg,
in July 1958, was the poet's place of return from his Washington
exile. He was installed in the tower room below the top one;
the archives came up from Rapallo; the Gaudier sketch went on
the wall; the Gaudier head was carried by strong men into the
garden; he made chairs, shelves, a long table; he set to work
on the final typescript of Thrones; he drafted bits for
the last run of Cantos. . . . He felt good, he estimated,
for 20 more years. "At last I have found a setting."
From
The Pound Era by Hugh Kenner
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The
University of New Orleans is pleased to offer the rare opportunity
to study poetry writing and the works of Ezra Pound, one of
the 20th Century's most influential, innovative and controversial
poets. The Brunnenburg Castle in Northern Italy served as
Pound's residence during his later years and is currently
the home of his daughter, Mary de Rachewiltz, and her son,
Dr. Siegfried de Rachewiltz.
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THESE
UNIQUE SEMINARS INCLUDE:
An
intensive study of Pound's works under the direction of John
Gery
Lectures
by Pound's daughter, Mary de Rachewiltz
Access
to the extensive Pound archives at Brunnenburg
Poetry writing workshop and manuscript conferences
4
days and 3 nights in Venice
A month in a medieval castle compound in the Italian Alps!
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