The Cambridge Introduction to Ezra Pound (Cambridge Introductions to Literature)

Ezra Pound is one of the most visible and influential poets of the twentieth century. He is also one of the most complex, his poetry containing historical and mythical allusions, experiments of form and style and often controversial political views. Yet Pound's life and work continue to fascinate. This Introduction is designed to help students reading Pound for the first time. Pound scholar Ira B. Nadel provides a guide to the rich webs of allusion and stylistic borrowings and innovations in Pound's writing. He offers a clear overview of Pound's life, works, contexts and reception history and his multidimensional career as a poet, translator, critic, editor, anthologist and impresario, a career that placed him at the heart of literary modernism. This invaluable and accessible introduction explains the huge contribution Pound made to the development of modernism in the early twentieth century. Cover 1 Half-title 3 Series-title 4 Title 5 Copyright 6 Contents 7 Preface 8 Note on the text 9 Abbreviations 10 Chapter 1 Life 15 Chapter 2 Context 33 Chapter 3 Works 52 Poetry to 1920 52 The Cantos 77 Prose 99 Chapter 4 Critical reception 120 Notes 144 1 Life 144 2 Context 144 3 Works 145 4 Critical reception 146 Guide to further reading 148 Life 148 Contexts 148 Works 149 Critical reception 150 Index 152 If you like Ezra Pound and want to learn a bit more about him and his work, I would recommend this book for it's clarity, organization and readability. This introduction explains the contribution Pound made to the development of modernism in the early twentieth century."--Jacket