A younger and less well known affiliate of the Bloomsbury Group, Waley (1889-1966) is usually thought merely to have followed Ezra Pound's example in translating Asian literature. But de Gruchy (English language and literature, Kagoshima Immaculate Heart College) argues that in fact he followed a distinctly Anglo- European tradition of orientalism, paid much less attention to Pound than Pound liked to believe, and was a key figure in the English modernist tradition of Japanese culture. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)