Ezra and Dorothy Pound: Letters in Captivity, 1945-46 Hardcover - 1999
by Ezra Pound; Dorothy Pound; Omar Pound (Editor)
More than 150 previously unpublished letters of poet Ezra Pound and his wife, Dorothy, are combined with military and FBI documents, previously unknown photographs, and an extensive Introduction to create the definitive work on Pound's postwar incarceration, his indictment for treason, and the writing of his greatest literary work, the "Pisan Cantos".
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These fascinating letters capture the most traumatic experience of Ezra Pound's life, when he was incarcerated at the end of World War II and indicted for treason. Omar Pound and Robert Spoo have collected and edited the unpublished correspondence between the poet and his wife, combining it with restricted military orders and extensive references to FBI documents, previously unknown photographs, and an insightful introduction, to create the definitive work on this period of Pound's life. During his incarceration in a U.S. Army detention camp outside Pisa, Pound was allowed to write only to his wife, so these letters afford a unique look at a painful yet highly productive period, when Pound wrote his acclaimed Pisan Cantos and worked on his translations of Confucius. Here, too, are many moving passages testifying to Pound's partnership with Dorothy and her courageous efforts to help him; her experiences, no less than his, come to life in this volume. But perhaps the most moving are the harsh conditions Pound found himself in: at one point, in the Pisan camp, he was confined for three weeks in an open air cage, until the sixty-year-old poet suffered a breakdown and was moved to a tent in the medical compound. The editors connect the anxious lyricism of the Pisan Cantos to these dramatic experiences, as the poet alternated "between savage indignation and suave serenity." The book also covers Pound's return to the United States and his confinement in a federal mental institution there.
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- Title Ezra and Dorothy Pound: Letters in Captivity, 1945-46
- Author Ezra Pound; Dorothy Pound; Omar Pound (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 448
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, New York
- Date 1999
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780195107937 / 0195107934
- Weight 2.2 lbs (1.00 kg)
- Dimensions 10.18 x 7.27 x 1.36 in (25.86 x 18.47 x 3.45 cm)
- Reading level 1190
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Cultural Region: Italy
- Cultural Region: Western Europe
- Topical: Holocaust
- Library of Congress subjects Poets, American - 20th century -, Authors' spouses - United States -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97050635
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Citations
- Booklist, 12/15/1998, Page 721
- Kirkus Reviews, 11/01/1998, Page 1585
- Library Journal, 01/01/1999, Page 97
- Publishers Weekly, 11/30/1998, Page 55
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