Ezra Pound: The Critical Heritage
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Few poets of the twentieth century have provoked as fierce and as divided a critical response as Ezra Pound — propagandist, innovator, and one of modernism's most polarising architects. Ezra Pound: The Critical Heritage assembles a definitive anthology of contemporary reviews, essays, and critical responses spanning Pound's long and tumultuous career, from his early imagist experiments to the monumental ambition of The Cantos. Edited by Eric Homberger, the volume presents a rich cross-section of literary opinion, drawing together voices that both celebrated and condemned one of the most technically daring poets in the English language. The collection illuminates the full arc of Pound's critical reception, tracing how his reputation shifted in the eyes of contemporaries ranging from T.S. Eliot and Ford Madox Ford to later academic critics who grappled with the contradictions of his genius and his infamy. Homberger's editorial framework situates each response within its historical moment, offering readers a layered understanding of how Pound's work reshaped — and at times inflamed — the literary world around him. For anyone seeking to understand Pound's contested legacy, this volume raises a question that still haunts literary history: can genius be separated from the man who wielded it?
Author: Eric Homberger
Format: Hardback
Published: 1972, Routledge & Kegan Paul
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Condition: VG. Jacket: VG. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good.
Few poets of the twentieth century have provoked as fierce and as divided a critical response as Ezra Pound — propagandist, innovator, and one of modernism's most polarising architects. Ezra Pound: The Critical Heritage assembles a definitive anthology of contemporary reviews, essays, and critical responses spanning Pound's long and tumultuous career, from his early imagist experiments to the monumental ambition of The Cantos. Edited by Eric Homberger, the volume presents a rich cross-section of literary opinion, drawing together voices that both celebrated and condemned one of the most technically daring poets in the English language. The collection illuminates the full arc of Pound's critical reception, tracing how his reputation shifted in the eyes of contemporaries ranging from T.S. Eliot and Ford Madox Ford to later academic critics who grappled with the contradictions of his genius and his infamy. Homberger's editorial framework situates each response within its historical moment, offering readers a layered understanding of how Pound's work reshaped — and at times inflamed — the literary world around him. For anyone seeking to understand Pound's contested legacy, this volume raises a question that still haunts literary history: can genius be separated from the man who wielded it?