Ezra Pound and the Career of Modern Criticism: Professional Attention

by Michael Coyle and Roxana Preda

Forty-five years after his death, and more than seventy years after his indictment for treason, Ezra Pound remains a deeply controversial figure. Today it is hard to imagine a poet sparking national debate, but Pound did just that. His receipt in 1949 of the first-ever Bollingen Award for Poetry started a hue and cry that spread to every US periodical that made even a pretense of following "cultural" issues: even Time weighed in. It took two years...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571131922
• ISBN13: 9781571131928
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"