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Ezra Pound His Life & Works - Poetry Is Pretentious

Ezra Pound

Poet, one of the founders of English-language modernist poetry of the 20th century
Date of Birth:
Country: USA

Content:
  1. Ezra Weston Pound: Architect of Modernist Poetry
  2. Encounter with the East
  3. The Cantos: A Tapestry of Ideas
  4. War and Confinement
  5. Literary Triumph
  6. Legacy and Influence
  7. The Chinese Connection: Fenollosa's Vision
  8. The Imagist Manifesto
  9. The "Super-Positional" Method
  10. Eastern Poetry: A Distinctive Perspective
  11. Li Bo's Timeless Landscape

Ezra Weston Pound: Architect of Modernist Poetry

Early Life and Influences

Born in Hailey, Idaho, in , Ezra Weston Pound emerged as a pivotal figure in the development of Anglo-American modernism.

His early work was heavily influenced by the imagist movement, known for its brevity, precision, and focus on concrete objects.

Encounter with the East

Pound's encounter with the work of Ernest Fenollosa, an American Orientalist, profoundly shaped his artistic outlook. Fenollosa's theories positing Chine Ezra Pound | Biography, Poems, & Facts | Britannica VORY