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1st published in 1919 by Ezra Pound, Ernest Fenollosa's essay on the Chinese written language has become one of the most often quoted statements in the history of American poetics. As edited by Pound, it presents a conception of language that continues to shape our poetic & stylistic preferences: the idea that poems consist primarily of images; the idea that the sentence form with active verb mirrors relations of natural force. Previous editions of the essay represent Pound's understanding &, it's fair to say, his appropriation of the text. Fenollosa's manuscripts, in Yale's Beinecke Library, show this essay in a different light, as a document of early, sustained cultural interchange between N. America & E. Asia. Pound's editing of the essay obscured two important features, here restored: Fenollosa's encounter with Tendai Buddhism & Buddhist ontology, & his concern with the dimension of sound in Chinese poetry. This book is the definitive critical edition of this work. After a substantial Introduction, the text as edited by Pound is presented, together with his notes & plates. At the heart of the edition is the 1st full publication of the essay as Fenollosa wrote it, accompanied by the many diagrams, characters & notes Fenollosa & Pound scrawled on the verso pages. Pound's deletions, insertions & alterations to Fenollosa's sometimes ornate prose are meticulously captured, enabling readers to follow the quasi-dialog between Fenollosa & his posthumous editor. Earlier drafts & related talks reveal the development of Fenollosa's ideas about culture, poetry & translation. Copious multilingual annotation is a feature of the edition. This masterfully edited book is an essential resource for scholars & poets & a starting point for a renewed discussion of the multiple sources of American modernist poetry.