Ezra Pound
American modernist poet whose Cantos, a vast unfinished epic, attempted to synthesize world culture. His early imagist manifestoes and editorial influence on Eliot, Joyce, and others were crucial to the development of modernism.
Works
- The CantosModernist epic poem spanning history, myth, and fragmented cultural references in challenging form
- Hugh Selwyn MauberleyPoem meditating on artistic achievement, aging, and historical rupture in the modern age
- RipostesEarly modernist poetry collection experimenting with imagist and classical influences
- PersonaePoetry collection featuring dramatic monologues and historical personae from various eras
- The Pisan CantosSection of the Cantos composed while the poet was imprisoned, combining politics and literature