num_pages: 484
description: This collection of essays, edited by Pound's friend and fellow poet T.S. Eliot, contains essays from five earlier volumes: Pavannes and Divisions (1918), Instigations(1920), How to Read(1931), Make it New(1934), and Polite Essays(1937). The thirty-three essays contained in this collection are separated into three categories: The Art of Poetry, The Tradition, and Contemporaries. These essays showcase the range of Pound's interests, with topics ranging from modernist poetry to Japanese iconography, troubadour songs, and much more. Pound's influence on the modernist movement and literature as a whole makes this collection an important piece of literary history. With an introduction by T.S. Eliot.
language: English
title: Literary Essays of Ezra Pound
titlecomplete: Literary Essays of Ezra Pound
genres: American, Literary Criticism, Criticism, Lit Crit, The United States Of America, Literature, Writing, Essays, Poetry, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 545
publisher: New Directions