Early Writings (Pound, Ezra): Poems and Prose

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

Author: Ezra Pound
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 06/01/2005
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780142180136
ISBN10: 0142180130
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | American | General

About the Author
Ezra Pound (1885-1972) is generally considered the poet most responsible for defining and promoting a modernist aesthetic in poetry.

Ira Nadel, professor of English at the University of British Columbia, is the author of Ezra Pound, A Literary Life and the general editor of The Cambridge Companion to Ezra Pound.

Ira Nadel, professor of English at the University of British Columbia, is the author of Ezra Pound, A Literary Life and the general editor of The Cambridge Companion to Ezra Pound.