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James Laughlin, New Directions Press, and the Remaking of Ezra Pound (Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book)
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Hardcover. Although James Laughlin (1914-1997) came from one of Pittsburgh's leading steel-making families, he wanted to be a poet. Ezra Pound dismissed Laughlin's poetic talents, advising the wealthy young man to make himself a publisher. Laughlin did just that, founding New Directions Press in 1936. Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGB; DSBH; DSC; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
Although James Laughlin (1914-1997) came from one of Pittsburgh's leading steel-making families, his passions were literary rather than industrial - he wanted to be a poet. Laughlin was a freshman at Harvard when he traveled to Rapallo, Italy, in 1933 to meet Ezra Pound (1885-1972), and he returned the following year to enroll in the poet's ""Ezuversity."" Pound dismissed Laughlin's poetic talents, advising the wealthy young man to make himself a publisher. Laughlin did just that, founding New Directions Press in 1936. For much of the 1930s, Laughlin and Pound were friends, business associates, collaborators, student and teacher, and even ... Read more
Although James Laughlin (1914-1997) came from one of Pittsburgh's leading steel-making families, his passions were literary rather than industrial - he wanted to be a poet. Laughlin was a freshman at Harvard when he traveled to Rapallo, Italy, in 1933 to meet Ezra Pound (1885-1972), and he returned the following year to enroll in the poet's ""Ezuversity."" Pound dismissed Laughlin's poetic talents, advising the wealthy young man to make himself a publisher. Laughlin did just that, founding New Directions Press in 1936. For much of the 1930s, Laughlin and Pound were friends, business associates, collaborators, student and teacher, and even ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558494787
SKU
V9781558494787
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