Published in 1951, it was the first comprehensive examination of the cantos and other major works that would strongly influence the course of contemporary poetry. This library of america volume is the most comprehensive collection of pound s poetry excepting his long poem the cantos and translations ever assembled. The cantos by ezra pound is a long, incomplete poem in 116 sections, each of which is a canto. It was not to be expected that a first book of verse, published by an unknown. That is always a gain for a poet, for his admirers nearly always want him to stay put, and they resent any signs of stirring, of new curiosity or of intellectual uneasiness. Books go search hello select your address best sellers customer service find a gift registry. Coming to terms with ezra pounds politics the nation.
Ezra weston loomis pound 30 october 1885 1 november 1972 was an expatriate american poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a fascist sympathizer. His contribution to poetry began with his development of imagism, a movement derived from classical chinese and japanese poetry, stressing clarity, precision, concision, and economy of language. This pioneering study did much to rehabilitate ezra pounds reputation after a long period of critical hostility and neglect. Poet ezra pound was born on october 30, 1885, in hailey, idaho. This website is dedicated to the research and readers of the poet ezra pound. Three society projects have been started up to now. Pound continued to publish his own poetry ripostes, 1912. Ezra pounds, lea baechler, a walton litz, james longenbach.
Most of it was written between 1915 and 1962, although much of the early work was abandoned and the early cantos, as finally published, date from 1922 onwards. Together with an essay on the chinese written character as a medium for poetry, by ernest fenollosa. Addenda and index volume xi ezra pound, lea baechler, walton litz, james longenbach on. Coda by ezra pound poems academy of american poets. About the author new directions has been the primary publisher of ezra pound in the u. Pound s wideranging intellectual, cultural, and aesthetic interests are given new analytic treatment, with an emphasis on how recent developments in gender and sexuality studies, medieval historiography, textual genetics, sound studies, visual cultures, and other fields can develop an understanding of pound s poetry and prose. Ezra pound books list of books by author ezra pound thriftbooks. Archie henderson and preda were able to sustain the rhythm of researching.
Ranging from the text of the handmade first collection hildas book a gift to the poet h. Ezra pound makes his penguin classics debut with this unique selectio. If you want the fullest account of pounds life to date, start with this volume. Lustra, 1916 and prose criticism pavannes and divisions, 1918. He was an early champion of a number of avantgarde and modernist poets. See all books authored by ezra pound, including selected poems new directions paperbook, and personae. Ezra pound makes his penguin classics debut with this unique selection of his early poems and prose, edited with an introductory essay and notes by pound expert ira nadel. The poetry includes such early masterpieces as the seafarer, homage to sextus propertius, hugh selwyn mauberley, and the first eight of pounds incomparable cantos. A list of poems by ezra pound ezra pound is generally considered the poet most responsible for defining and promoting a modernist aesthetic in poetry. The academy of american poets is the largest membershipbased nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting american poets. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Ezra pound is widely considered one of the most influential poets of the 20th century. Read ezra pounds list of 23 donts for writing poetry.
Not only did he demonstrate impressive poetic skill in his cantos. The first major critical treatment of pounds work, kenners the poetry of ezra pound 1951 paved the way for other serious scholarly attention, and intense critical activity produced a host of explanatory texts designed to help readers understand and evaluate the cantos. In a retrospect pound presents his beliefs about what. The bughouse is an extraordinary book of real, passionate research that keeps surprising and illuminating by turns. It is the first of two volumes and will when complete be more detailed than any biography of the poet so far. Ezra pound is generally considered the poet most responsible for defining and promoting a modernist aesthetic in poetry.
Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. God made me a business woman, lowell is reported to have quipped, and i made myself a poet. He studied literature and languages in college and in 1908 left for europe, where he published several successful books of poetry. Ezra pound is widely considered one of the most influential poets of the 20th. A fascinating pleasurable read for sure thanks to moodys fine prose and brilliant insights. The poetry includes such early masterpieces as the seafarer, homage to sextus propertius, hugh selwyn mauberley, and the first eight of pound s incomparable cantos. During a career that spanned just over a dozen years, she wrote and published over 650 poems, yet scholars cite lowells tireless efforts to awaken american readers to contemporary. Ezra pound makes his penguin classics debut with this unique selection of his early poems and prose, edited with an introductory essay and notes by pound. Contributions to periodicals, so that they make good progress towards their completion. New directions has been the primary publisher of ezra pound in the u. I bought the book particularly for the poem hugh selwyn mauberley and i was sorely let down by the sparse notes provided in this edition. Predas prime concern was to push forward the two projects started in 2015, the ezra pound english language bibliography and the digital ezra pound s poetry and prose. Ezra weston loomis pound was an american expatriate poet, critic and intellectual who was a major figure of the modernist movement in earlytomid 20th century poetry.
An enlarged edition, including thirty pages of illustrations sculpture and drawings as well as pound s later pieces on gaudier, was brought out in 1970, and is now reissued as an nd paperbook. Jewel spears brooker and ron schuchard baltimore, 2014 ezra pound has been fathered with vers libre in english, with all its vices and virtues. The cantos project, the bibliographic project and the digitization of ezra pound s poetry and prose. His metric and poetry i all talk on modern poetry, by people who know, wrote mr. This pioneering study did much to rehabilitate ezra pound s reputation after a long period of critical hostility and neglect. His prose is more obviously driven by the need to get the facts straight and to grapple. Pound s a retrospect, published in 1918, is a collection of his essays on poetry.
Carl sandburg in poetry, ends with dragging in ezra pound somewhere. The book is also full of sensitive, generous readings of pound s poetry, from the early lyrics collected in personae to thornier passages from the late cantos. The poetry includes such early masterpieces as the seafarer, homage to sextus propertius, hugh selwyn mauberley, and the first eight of pound s. As predicted, 2016 was a year of consolidation for our society. In the early teens of the twentieth century, he opened a seminal exchange of work and ideas between british and american writers, and was famous for.