Hugh Selwyn Mauberley

Name: Hugh Selwyn Mauberley
Author: Ezra Pound

by Ezra Pound

Poem meditating on artistic achievement, aging, and historical rupture in the modern age

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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.

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The CantosModernist epic poem spanning history, myth, and fragmented cultural references in challenging form
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