Title
Hemingway's Marlin and Pound's Canto 40
Document Type
Article
Annotation
This essay focuses on an allusion to Hemingway's deep-sea fishing in Pound's Canto 40. The most direct source for Pound's allusion is probably Hemingway's letter to Pound dated 22 July 1933, in which he refers to his catching a world-record seven marlin in one day. Set in context, Pound's line about the record-setting, unnamed marlin fisherman groups him with monopolists who "extracted" natural resources such as oil for their private profits at the expense of the common good. Pound's reference in Canto 40 to Hemingway as a record-breaking marlin fisherman reflects tensions between the two writers that deepened in the 1930s.
Published in
Hemingway Review
Volume
41
Issue
2
Date
Spring 2022
Pages
120-129
COinS
Citation
Beall, John. "Hemingway's Marlin and Pound's Canto 40." Hemingway Review 41, no. 2 (Spring 2022): 120-29.