Ezra Pound makes his Penguin Classics debut with this unique selection of his early poems and prose, edited with an introductory essay and notes by Pound expert Ira Nadel. The poetry includes such early masterpieces as “The Seafarer,” “Homage to Sextus Propertius,” “Hugh Selwyn Mauberley,” and the first eight of Pound’s incomparable “Cantos.” The prose includes a series of articles and critical pieces, with essays on Imagism, Vorticism, Joyce, and the well-known “Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry.”
First time in Penguin Classics
Includes generous selections of Pound's poetry, as well as an assortment of prose
- ISBN10 1101004347
- ISBN13 9781101004340
- Publish Date 27 June 2001
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 11 April 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Penguin Books
- Format eBook
- Pages 320
- Language English