About this work of literary fiction
Selected Poems of Ezra Pound (New Directions Paperbook) by Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
Ezra Pound has been called "the inventor of modern poetry in English." The verse and criticism which he produced during the early years of the twentieth century very largely determined the directions of creative writing in our time; and virtually every major poet in England and America today has acknowledged his help or influence. Pound's lyric genius, his superb technique, and his fresh insight into literary problems make him one of the small company of men who through the centuries have kept poetry alive, and one of the great innovators. This book offers a compact yet representative selection of Ezra Pound's poems and translations. The span covered is Pound's entire writing career, from his early lyrics and the translations of Provenal songs to his English version of Sophocles' Trachiniae . Included are parts of his best known worksthe Chinese translations, the sequence called Hugh Selwyn Mauberly , the Homage to Sextus Propertius . The Cantos , Pound's major epic, are presented in generous selections, chosen to emphasize the main themes of the whole poem.
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Published
- 1957
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780811201629
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Poetry