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The Life of Ezra Pound By Noel Stock

Pantheon, 472 pp., $10.00 In 1945 Ezra Pound was still pent-up in a cage at the Disciplinary Training Center in Pisa, a decidedly tragic figure, awaiting his return to America and a possible treason trial. During his long career as a man of letters he had made many friends, and so it was quite in the natural order of things that a group of prominent American literary folk should rally to his defense in his hour of need. After all, it was argued, whatever he had or had not done, he was a genius, and nothing could erase his contributions to the development of modern poetry. However, one truly distinguished American poet refused to be drawn into the affair.

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The Life of Ezra Pound By Noel Stock

Pantheon, 472 pp., $10.00 In 1945 Ezra Pound was still pent-up in a cage at the Disciplinary Training Center in Pisa, a decidedly tragic figure, awaiting his return to America and a possible treason trial. During his long career as a man of letters he had made many friends, and so it was quite in the natural order of things that a group of prominent American literary folk should rally to his defense in his hour of need. After all, it was argued, whatever he had or had not done, he was a genius, and nothing could erase his contributions to the development of modern poetry. However, one truly distinguished American poet refused to be drawn into the affair.