The Pound Era
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The Pound Era is a book by Hugh Kenner
, published in 1971
. It is considered by many to be Kenner's masterpiece, and is generally seen as a seminal text on not only Ezra Pound
but Modernism
in general. As the title suggests, it places Ezra Pound at the epicenter of the Modernist movement in literature and art during the early 20th Century.
Kenner played an influential role in raising Ezra Pound's profile among critics and other readers of poetry. The Pound Era, the product of years of scholarship, was published in 1971. This work was responsible for enshrining Pound's reputation (damaged by his wartime activities
) as one of the greatest Modernists.
Part biography, part intellectual history and part literary criticism, The Pound Era is a singular work, and one of the most important analyses of the Modernist period.
One major criticism of the book is that within its near-600 pages, it never adequately takes on the question of Pound's antisemitism.
Hugh Kenner
William Hugh Kenner , was a Canadian literary scholar, critic and professor.Kenner was born in Peterborough, Ontario on January 7, 1923; his father taught classics...
, published in 1971
1971 in literature
The year 1971 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*The Destiny Waltz by Gerda Charles wins the UK's first Whitbread Novel of the Year Award.-New books:*Hiroshi Aramata - Teito Monogatari...
. It is considered by many to be Kenner's masterpiece, and is generally seen as a seminal text on not only Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic and a major figure in the early modernist movement in poetry...
but Modernism
Modernism
Modernism, in its broadest definition, is modern thought, character, or practice. More specifically, the term describes the modernist movement, its set of cultural tendencies and array of associated cultural movements, originally arising from wide-scale and far-reaching changes to Western society...
in general. As the title suggests, it places Ezra Pound at the epicenter of the Modernist movement in literature and art during the early 20th Century.
Kenner played an influential role in raising Ezra Pound's profile among critics and other readers of poetry. The Pound Era, the product of years of scholarship, was published in 1971. This work was responsible for enshrining Pound's reputation (damaged by his wartime activities
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
) as one of the greatest Modernists.
Part biography, part intellectual history and part literary criticism, The Pound Era is a singular work, and one of the most important analyses of the Modernist period.
One major criticism of the book is that within its near-600 pages, it never adequately takes on the question of Pound's antisemitism.
External links
- Forgotten Books: The Pound Era http://georgekelley.org/?p=1187
- Some of the best lines from The Pound Era http://bestsentencesinthepoundera.tumblr.com/