Ezra Pound the Last Rower - Softcover

Heymann, C David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865790035 ISBN 13: 9780865790032

Publisher: Seaver Books, 1980

Synopsis

“A CONCISE, CLEARLY WRITTEN STUDY OF THE POETRY AND POLITICS OF EZRA POUND“-.A CLASSIC PORTRAIT OF A GREAT MIND GONE WRONG, A PROVOCATIVE ACCOUNT OF A REVOLUTIONARY AMERICAN POET.” THIS MAJOR BIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF THE GREAT POETS OF OUR AGE PRESENTS A BALANCED ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE CHARISMATIC, OFTEN CONTRADICTORY EZRA POUND. C. DAVID HEYMANN AMPLY DETAILS POUND’S BACKGROUND, BUT FOCUSES ON THE LATER YEARS, EVALUATING HIS POETRY AND PERSONAL LIFE IN TERMS OF HIS POLITICS, AND VICE VERSA. THIS BOOK ANALYZES THE POUND OF THE 1930’S IN ITALY; THE MAN WHO BROADCAST PRO-FASCIST MESSAGES DURING WORLD WAR II; THE WRITER WHO WAS RETURNED TO AMERICA TO STAND TRIAL FOR TREASON BUT LANDED INSTEAD IN ST. ELIZABETH’S HOSPITAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C., FOR THIRTEEN YEARS; THE AGING POET WHO LIVED HIS REMAINING DAYS IN HIS BELOVED ITALY. ‘MR. HEYMANN SETS THE RECORD DOWN PLAINLY EVEN THOUGH IT IS EVIDENT THAT HE FOUND PARTS OF HIS TASKS PAINFUL- IF ONE WELCOMES HIS WORK, IT IS NOT IN THE SPIRIT OF VINDICTIVENESS OR WITCH-HUNTING, BUT SIMPLY BECAUSE THE TRUTH NEEDS TO BE TOLD.” - BERNARD BERGONZI, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

Edition details

• Publisher: Seaver Books
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865790035
• ISBN 13: 9780865790032
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 372