Ezra Pound: Poet, Vol III - The Tragic Years 1939-1972 by A David Moody 2015 1st

Description: Ezra Pound: Poet - A Portrait of the Man & His Work, Volume II, The Epic Years 1921 - 1939 / A. David Moody This third and final volume of A. David Moody's critical life of Ezra Pound presents Pound's personal tragedy in a tragic time. The first volumes of Moody's biography have been acclaimed as 'masterly' (Daily Telegraph), 'exceptional' (Literary Review), and 'invaluable' (New York Times Book Review). In this concluding volume, we experience the 1939-1945 World War, and Pound's hubristic involvement in Fascist Italy's part in it; we encounter the grave moral and intellectual error of Pound holding the Jewish race responsible for the war; and his consequent downfall, being charged with treason, condemned as an anti-Semite, and shut up for twelve years in an institution for the insane. Further, we see Pound stripped for life, by his own counsel and wife, of his civil and human rights. Pound endured what was inflicted upon him, justly and unjustly, without complaint; and continued his lifetime's effort to promote, in and through his Cantos and his translations, a consciousness of a possible humane and just social order. The contradictions run deep and compel, as tragedy does, a steady and unprejudiced contemplation and an answering depth of comprehension. Hardcover: 654 pagesPrinting / Impression: 1st / 1Publisher: Oxford University Press (2015)Language: EnglishCondition: Fine (See Condition Notes)Condition Notes: 1st edition, 1st print hardcover with unclipped dustjacket both in fine condition. Text and pages clean and unmarked. Black boards with gilt lettering. A nice copy. (Head/Brain Sculpture not included.)

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