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The American Tradition in Literature, Volume 2 Book Cover
The American Tradition in Literature, Volume 2, 10/e
George Perkins, Eastern Michigan University
Barbara Perkins, University of Toledo-Toledo

Essay Questions



Analysis



1

From what has the speaker left in "A Virginal"? What is the allure or attraction that the speaker has for her?
2

In "Hugh Selwyn Mauberley," identify the Victorian English writers who seem to represent the standards of writing that the speaker honors.

Interpretation



3

Reconstruct the reference to "our Sargaso Sea" in "Portrait d'une Femme." Consult the following four lines.
4

In what sense is "In a Station of the Metro" an ironic epigram?

Evaluation



5

Why might have T. S. Eliot characterized "Hugh Selwyn Mauberley" as "a document of an epoch"?
6

Why does Pound draw so heavily upon Greek mythology and Homer's Odyssey? Contrast the allusions in the selections of the Cantos to the Odyssey and to those to Eastern mythology and wisdom








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