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04206aam a2200493 i 4500 001 488A945E0CD411EEAAE9666853ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230617010022 008 220311s2023 pauacf b 001 0beng 010 $a 2022011664 020 $a 1512823252 020 $a 9781512823257 035 $a (OCoLC)1347376322 040 $a PU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d IMD $d YDX $d VP@ $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-it--- 050 00 $a PQ4878.A263 $b Z87 2023 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23/eng/20221012 100 1 $a Shloss, Carol, $e author. 245 10 $a Let the wind speak : $b Mary de Rachewiltz and Ezra Pound / $c Carol Loeb Shloss. 264 1 $a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : $b University of Pennsylvania Press, $c [2023] 300 $a xvii, 324 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, portraits ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "With Let the Wind Speak, Carol Loeb Shloss creates a compelling portrait of a complex relationship of a daughter and her literary-giant father. The pair is Ezra Pound and Mary de Rachewiltz, Pound's child by his long-time mistress, the violinist Olga Rudge. Brought into the world in secret and hidden in the Italian Alps at birth, Mary was raised by German peasant farmers, had Italian identity papers, a German-speaking upbringing, Austrian loyalties common to the area and, perforce, a fascist education. For years, de Rachewiltz had no idea that Pound and Rudge, the benefactors who would sporadically appear, were her father and mother. Gradually the truth of her parentage was revealed, and with it the knowledge that Dorothy Shakespear, not Olga, was Pound's actual wife. Dorothy, in turn, kept her own secrets: while Pound signed the birth certificate of her son, Omar, and claimed legal paternity, he was not the boy's biological father. Two lies, established at the birth of these children, created a dynamic antagonism that lasted for generations. Pound maneuvered through it until he was arrested for treason after World War II and shipped back from Italy to the United States, where he was institutionalized rather than imprisoned. As an adult, de Rachewiltz took on the task of claiming a contested heritage and securing her father's literary legacy in the face of a legal system that failed to recognize her legitimacy. "Born on different continents, separated by nationality, related by natural birth, and torn apart by conflict between Italy and America," Shloss writes, "Mary and Ezra Pound found a way to live out their deep and abiding love for one another." Let the Wind Speak Shloss sees the book as both a history of modern writers who were forced to negotiate allegiances to one another and to their adopted countries in a time of mortal conflict and the story of Mary de Rachewiltz's navigation through issues of personal identity amid the shifting politics of western nations in peace and war. It is a masterful biography that asks us to consider cultures of secrecy, frayed allegiances, and the boundaries that define nations, families, and politics"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 600 10 $a Rachewiltz, Mary de. 600 10 $a Pound, Ezra, $d 1885-1972 $x Family. 600 17 $a Pound, Ezra, $d 1885-1972. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00029337 600 17 $a Rachewiltz, Mary de. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00018125 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 650 0 $a Poets, Italian $y 20th century $v Biography. 650 0 $a Translators $z Italy $v Biography. 650 0 $a Poets, American $y 20th century $x Family relationships. 650 0 $a Fathers and daughters $x Family relationships. 650 7 $a Families. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01728849 650 7 $a Fathers and daughters $x Family relationships. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00921891 650 7 $a Poets, American $x Family relationships. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01067801 650 7 $a Poets, Italian. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01067940 650 7 $a Translators. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01154833 651 7 $a Italy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204565 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117022413.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=488A945E0CD411EEAAE9666853ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search