{"product_id":"ezra-pound-poet-volume-i-the-young-genius-1885-1920-9780199571468","title":"Ezra Pound: Poet: Volume I: The Young Genius 1885-1920","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis first volume of what will be a full-scale biography presents Ezra Pound as a very determined and energetic young genius--at 15 he told his father I wanted to write I Die the greatest poem that have ever been written--setting out to make his way both as a poet and as a force for civilization in England and America in the years before, during and just after World War I.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this lively narrative A. David Moody weaves a story of Pound's early life and loves, his education in America, and his years in London, where he trained himself to become a great learner from W. B.Yeats, Ford Madox Hueffer, and others exhorting his contemporaries to abandon Victorian sentimentality and make it new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePound was at the center of everything, forming his own Imagiste group, joining with Wyndham Lewis in his Vorticism, championing the work of James Joyce, Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams, and T. S. Eliot, and constantly on the lookout for new talent as\u003cbr\u003eInternational Editor for Harriet Monroe's \u003cem\u003ePoetry\u003c\/em\u003e magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoody traces Pound's evolution as a poet from the derivative idealism and aestheticism of his precocious youth to his \u003cem\u003eCathay, \u003c\/em\u003e based on the transliterations of the Sineologist Ernest Fenollosa, to the stunningly original \u003cem\u003eHomage to Sextus \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ePropertius\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHugh Selwyn Mauberley.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy 1920 Pound was established as a force for revolution in poetry and in his critical writing as a brilliant iconoclast who argued against stifling conventions and the economic injustice of the capitalist system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEzra Pound: Poet\u003c\/em\u003e gives us illuminating readings of the major early works and an unforgettable portrait of Pound himself turns brilliant, combative, selfless, ambitious-and always fascinating.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. David Moody, Anthony David Moody\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e OUP Oxford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199571468\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/24\/2010 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA. David Moody\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor Emeritus of the University of York and the author of the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eThomas Stearns Eliot: Poet.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUP Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39934225350771,"sku":"0199571465","price":66.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_6552a3ce-c45d-462e-8287-d822f3f504a1.jpg?v=1647878248","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/ezra-pound-poet-volume-i-the-young-genius-1885-1920-9780199571468","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}