Ezra Pound, an American who left home for Venice and London at the age of 23, was a leading member of 'the modern movement', a friend and helper of Joyce, Eliot, Yeats, Hemingway, an early supporter of Lawrence and Frost. This is a biography of one of the most controversial literary figures of the 20th century.
Ezra Pound, an American who left home for Venice and London at the age of 23, was a leading member of 'the modern movement', a friend and helper of Jo...
First published in 1970, this is a detailed and balanced biography of one of the most controversial literary figures of the twentieth century. Ezra Pound, an American who left home for Venice and London at the age of twenty-three, was a leading member of 'the modern movement', a friend and helper of Joyce, Eliot, Yeats, Hemingway, an early supporter of Lawrence and Frost. As a critic of modern society his far-reaching and controversial theories on politics, economics and religion led him to broadcast over Rome Radio during the Second World War, after which he was indicted for treason but...
First published in 1970, this is a detailed and balanced biography of one of the most controversial literary figures of the twentieth century. Ezra...
