Literary Essays of Ezra Pound by Ezra Pound.
Around 1912 Pound helped to create the movement he called “Imagisme,” which marked the end of his early poetic style. In remarks first recorded in the March, 1913 edition of Poetry magazine and later collected in his Literary Essays as “A Retrospect,” Pound explained his new literary direction. Imagism combined the creation of an.Ezra Pound (1885-1972) was an American expatriate poet who spent the majority of his adult life in London, Paris, and Italy. He was a critic of the early modernist movement in American poetry.Essays and criticism on Ezra Pound - Critical Essays. Pound’s influence on twentieth century literature was felt in three ways: through his life, his theories, and his poetic practice.
Literary Essays of Ezra Pound book. Read 14 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. This collection of essays, edited by Pound's friend a.Inarguably America's most prolific poet and essayist, Ezra Pound is probably the most influential of all American poets and quite possibly the best. This collection of essays gives a more representative view of the complete thinker in all fields of knowledge than does the collection assembled by T. S. Eliot. Pound comes out of the line of Donne.
Ezra Pound’s essay, “A Retrospect,” looks back on the changes in poetry he and others of his “school” suggested. They hold that writing poetry is a skill gained through years of effort and requiring technical expertise at least as great as required to master music.
