Literary Essays of Ezra PoundFor this definitive collection of Pound's Literary Essays, his friend (and English editor) T. S. Eliot chose material from five earlier volumes: Pavannes and Divisions (1918), Instigations (1920), How to Read (1931), Make It New (1934), and Polite Essays (1937). 33 pieces are arranged in three groups: "The Art of Poetry," "The Tradition," and "Contemporaries." Eliot wrote in his introduction: "I hope that this volume will demonstrate that Pound's literary criticism is the most important contemporary criticism of its kind . . perhaps the kind we can least afford to do without . . . the refreshment, the revitalization and 'making new' of literature in our time." |
Contents
| 3 | |
HOW TO READ | 15 |
THE SERIOUS ARTIST | 41 |
THE TEACHERS MISSION | 58 |
THE CONSTANT PREACHING TO THE MOB | 64 |
DATE LINE | 74 |
THE TRADITION | 91 |
ARNAUT DANIEL | 109 |
THE REV G CRABBE LL B 276 | 272 |
IRONY LAFORGue and some Satire | 280 |
SWINBURNE VERSUS HIS BIOGRAPHERS | 290 |
REMY DE GOURMONT | 339 |
LIONEL JOHNSON | 361 |
THE PROSE TRADITION IN VERSE page | 371 |
H LAWRENCE | 387 |
ULYSSES | 403 |
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