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Paperback. Ezra Pound informs the reader about the life and work of Ezra Pound, the most controversial poet of the 20th century. Marsh gives insight into Pound's great achievements in poetry, his promotion of and generosity to a wide range of modernist figures and his descent into obscurity. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 248 pages, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Ezra Pound's co-poet Basil Bunting wrote of The Cantos: 'There are the Alps, / fools! Sit down and wait for them to crumble!' Ezra Pound tells the story of one of the most controversial poets of the twentieth century. Great poet, Confucian, peace activist, alleged fascist, indicted traitor, Ezra Pound's life raises vital questions for anyone interested in politics, art and poetry. Probably no-one has promoted so many other great writers as Pound - James Joyce, T. S. Eliot and Ford Madox Ford among them - and without Pound's generosity to colleagues, literary modernism arguably might not have happened. Yet ... Read more
Ezra Pound's co-poet Basil Bunting wrote of The Cantos: 'There are the Alps, / fools! Sit down and wait for them to crumble!' Ezra Pound tells the story of one of the most controversial poets of the twentieth century. Great poet, Confucian, peace activist, alleged fascist, indicted traitor, Ezra Pound's life raises vital questions for anyone interested in politics, art and poetry. Probably no-one has promoted so many other great writers as Pound - James Joyce, T. S. Eliot and Ford Madox Ford among them - and without Pound's generosity to colleagues, literary modernism arguably might not have happened. Yet ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Critical Lives
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861898623
SKU
V9781861898623
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About Alec Marsh
Alec Marsh is Professor of English, Muhlenberg College, Pennsylvania. He has written extensively on Ezra Pound and is President of the Ezra Pound Society. He is also the author of Money and Modernity: Pound, Williams, and The Spirit of Jefferson (1998).
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