Ezra Pound would deserve a place in the literary history of the twentieth century if only for bringing to light and to publication the work, among others, of T. S. Eliot, Robert Frost, James Joyce and William Carlos Williams. His tireless activities in behalf of other poets, artists, and literary ventures of every sort were in large part carried on by way of his voluminous correspondence. Eliot himself once commented that Poundās āepistolary style is masterlyāāāa judgment wholly confirmed by the 384 examples that comprise this selection. Included here are the poetās letters to Margaret Anderson ofĀ The Little Review, Harriet Monroe ofĀ Poetry, Harriet Shaw Weaver ofĀ The Egoist, H. L. Mencken and John Quinn; to such poets and writers as E. E. Cummings, Ernest Hemingway, Amy Lowell, Marianne Moore, Eliot, Joyce and, of course, his old friend Dr. Williams. Of exceptional interest, however, is Poundās massive correspondence with the young unknowns who wrote to him for advice. āThe tone of his prose criticism,ā says D. D. Paige in his Introduction, āwith its coruscations, its ellipses, its dogmatisms, its gay carnival air, its unwillingness to enjoy the safety gravity offers, its violence against entrenched stupidity and its championing of fresh writersāāall that simply encouraged them to approach him. A tremendous lure!ā
This book title, The Selected Letters of Ezra Pound 1907-1941, ISBN: 9780811201612, by Ezra Pound, published by New Directions (January 17, 1971) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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