Ezra Pound: The Solitary Volcano

Ezra Pound: The Solitary Volcano
ISBN-10
0307833348
ISBN-13
9780307833341
Series
Ezra Pound
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
400
Language
English
Published
2013-02-06
Publisher
Anchor
Author
John Tytell

Description

Unlike other biographical portraits of Ezra Pound, John Tytell’s brilliant and ambitious work offers an interpretive study that boldly confronts the emotional truths and psychological drama that formed this complex and controversial American poet. Neither an apology nor a condemnation, it presents instead a meticulous exploration into the mind and vision of a man who galvanized a generation and challenged an entire literary—and world—establishment. Although he enjoyed little fame in his lifetime, Pound’s notoriety and influence were enormous, as he arrogantly slashed away at convention and almost single-handedly brought about the twentieth-century revolution in poetry known as modernism. Ultimately, outrage and scandal turned his art to madness, and Pound’s last years saw him fall tragically silent.

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