Ezra Pound

"In the summer of 1936, Ezra Pound agreed to take on the role of European Correspondent for a newly launched travel journal entitled Globe: The International Magazine . Ezra Pound and 'Globe' Magazine: The Complete Correspondence collects for the first time Pound's writings for the journal and his extensive correspondence with one of its editors, James Taylor Dunn, and the leading writers who Pound himself attempted to recruit for the magazine. Numbering almost forty letters and twenty published and unpublished articles, these writings represent a darkly significant time in Pound's thought as his infatuation with the rise of fascism took root. Annotated throughout and supported by substantial explorations of the historical and cultural contexts of the writings, the book also includes a substantial bibliography of related writings and a biographical glossary of the major figures discussed in the correspondence and writing. Together, these texts represent an important resource for anyone interested in an important phase of 20th-Century literary modernism."--

Even before establishing New Directions, James Laughlin had encountered and studied with one of the greatest poets of this century: Ezra Pound. These selected letters capture the spirit of their growing relationship from pupil-teacher to publisher-author. In his idiosyncratic prose, Pound's correspondence summons up both the man as he was actually known and the literary figure. Literature, music, friends, and politics fill his pages. And even when Laughlin's and Pound's politics totally diverged during World War II, Pound's respect for Laughlin remained intact. Also of great interest are the years spent by Pound at St. Elizabeths and his observations while there. These letters give insight into the state of Pound's mind and the supposition of his insanity. Ezra Pound and James Laughlin: Selected Letters is a modernist source book - essential reading for anyone interested in tracing the real development of twentieth-century literature.

From the Publisher: Dating from 1910 and subtitled ""An attempt to Define Somewhat the Charm of the Pre-Renaissance Literature of Latin Europe"," The Spirit of Romance is one of the key books in Ezra Pound's revaluation of literary tradition.

"Already one of the most famous of American poets, Ezra Pound was an expatriate living in Rapallo, Italy, when he began his six-year correspondence with Idaho senator William Borah in 1933. These thirty-one previously unpublished letters document Pound's efforts to educate, for the role of the presidency, one Republican statesman he believed could beat Roosevelt if nominated by his party.". "Enhanced by Sarah C. Holmes's generous annotations on the individuals, organizations, legislative bills, and theories Pound mentions - often cryptically - in his letters, this volume broadens our understanding of Pounds convictions, especially his admiration for Mussolini, and raises new questions about mixing poetry with politics."--BOOK JACKET.

Essays by the distinguished poet illuminate his philosophical beliefs as well as the principal themes found in the Cantos.

Against the dazzling backdrop of medieval Venice and the Orient unfolds this opulent tale of exotic adventure of treasure beyond imagining -- and a love story that became a legend. Nothing in Diego's life had prepared him for what he found when he followed Marco Polo to the mysterious East. There, in the vast domain of Kublai Khan, he met the most beautiful girl he had ever seen -- Lotus Flower, whose strange eyes captured his very soul and nearly made him forget the riches he had come to claim. But Lotus Flower would not be Diego's without a struggle, for she was desired by the great Khan himself . . .