“Do not retell in mediocre verse what has already been done in good prose.” — Ezra Pound<\/b><\/p>\n
I know Pound through his reputation for being extremely generous and supportive of up-and-coming artists. He was like a relentless bull-dog manager for people whom he thought were talented. He had a very controversial life. He defended fascism, and was very much anti-war. When World War II broke out he was arrested in Rome and incarcerated. I also know that he pled insanity and was locked up in a mental institution in the US for over 10 years. I believe he was paraded in a cage through the streets of Italy.<\/p>\n
I know that he was instrumental in nurturing young up-and-coming poets and authors (not even just nurturing: more like bullying other people to read the works of the likes of Joyce and Eliot. He was their first champions)<\/p>\n
But I don’t know much about his actual poems and who he was as a writer.<\/p>\n
I fully admit that I am intimidated by Ezra Pound, and I don’t know where to start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“Do not retell in mediocre verse what has already been done in good prose.” — Ezra Pound I know Pound through his reputation for being extremely generous and supportive of up-and-coming artists. He was like a relentless bull-dog manager for … Continue reading