THIS DIFFICULT INDIVIDUAL, EZRA POUND

Mullins, Eustace

Verlag: NY. 1961. Fleet Publishing Corp.

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light grey cloth hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. tiny pin puncture hole in front cover. couple of faint edge spots. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. tiny pin puncture hole on front, not torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first edition. first printing (nap). 388p. glossy b&w photo illustrations. chapter footnotes. index of proper names. biography. american history. modern poetry. politics. world war ii. conspiracy theory. political philosophy. ~ EZRA POUND is the most controversial literary figure of our time~the same man who edited the work of Yeats and T. S. Eliot, helped introduce the poetry of Robert Frost and influenced the development of Hemingway, was also tried for treason and sent to an insane asylum. Eustace Mullins for the first time presents the case for Ezra Pound, documenting the tremendous contribution Pound has made to contemporary American culture in a witty and biting criticism of our society, which gives lip service to poetry while imprisoning its major poet. In an intensely personal, unforgettable portrait of Ezra Pound, Mullins tackles the questions at the heart of the lifetime of controversy and acrimony that has surrounded encircled, and finally enclosed Ezra Pound: From Mullins' vivid writing emerges a portrait of Ezra Pound, as an eccentric genius, a literary leader who is both outrageously outspoken and unquenchably exuberant~a man who was kind when he wanted to be and quarrelsome when his beliefs were questioned~this difficult individual, Ezra Pound. Mullins has documented Pound's crash into the Victorian literary world of London in the 1920s, his membership in the expatriate Bohemia of Paris; the earlier quiet years in Rapallo and the later tumultuous ones. Included in THIS DIFFICULT INDIVIDUAL, EZRA POUND are excerpts from the controversial broadcasts Pound made from Italy during World War II; the whole record of what happened when Pound, under indictment for treason and committed to an asylum, received the official Bollingen Prize for Poetry from a jury of America's best~known poets; and the unforgettable record of Pound's incommunicado imprisonment in a roofless iron cage, by the American Army after his surrender in Italy. From THIS DIFFICULT INDIVIDUAL, EZRA POUND: "Ezra Pound was the only Bohemian of the Second World War. In a world gone mad, he continued to cry out, 'Stop it! Stop it!' He has never raised his hand against another human being." "Pound was duly indicted for treason, but the chief complaint against him seems to have been that he refused to take part in the slaughter. 'While so manv millions were dipping their hands in blood, he asked onlv for peace" . "His purpose was serious. although the result was disastrous for him. The fury against Pound, which is still unabated in many quarters, stems from the fact that he refused to become a barbarian. Almost alone of Western men, he has no blood on his conscience." ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATIONS: All the photographs of Pound, his wife and friends, in this book were taken by the author during Pound's imprisonment, and shortly after his release. These are rare portraits of the poet in his later years; the jacket photo, reproduced in the book, is considered by Pound to be the best likeness ever made of him. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9241507

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Titel: THIS DIFFICULT INDIVIDUAL, EZRA POUND

Verlag: NY. 1961. Fleet Publishing Corp.

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag

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