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LITERARYE SSAYS OF EZRA POUND Editweidt anh Introduction hy T.S .E LIOT A NEW DIRECTIONBSO OK COPYRIGHT 19181,9 201,9 35BY EZRA POUND LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER: 54-7905 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.E XCEPT FOR BRIEF PASSAGESQ UOTED IN A NEWS PAPER, MAGAZINE, RADIO, OR TELEVISION REVIEW, NO PART OF THIS BOOK MAY BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS, ELECTRONIC OR MECHANICAL, INCLUDING PHOTOCOPYING AND RECORDING, OR BY ANY INFORMATION STORAGEA ND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, WITHOUT PER- MISSION IN WRITING FROM THE PUBLISHER. MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FIRSTP APERBOOK PRINTING:1 968. NEW DIRECTIONSB OOKS ARE PUBLISHED FOR JAMES LAUGHLIN BY NEW DIRECTIONSP UBLISHING CORPORATION, 333S IXTH AVENUE, NEW YORK 10014. CONTENTS INOTRDUCTIBOYTN . s .E LIOT pagf!iX PART ONE:T HEA RT OFP OERTY A RETSRPOCET HowT OR EAD THES ERIAORUTSTI S ' THET EACHsME iRssioN THEC oNSTPARNETA ICNHTGO T HEM oB MRH ousMAANTL ITTBLEETE HL DATLEI NE PARTT WO:T HET RADITION THET RATDIION 91 TRoBUAODUR-TSHESIoRR TAsN DC oNDIIOTNs 94 ARNADUATN IEL 109 CAvA LCANTI 194 HEU WI THER ENASIASNCE 214 NoTEoSNE LIZTAHBAECNL ASSSTISC I 227 TRASNLARTSOO FG REEKE:A RLTYR ANTSORLSAO F HoMER 249 THER EvG.. C RABBEL,L .. B 267 IRO,NL YAFORGUAEN,DS OMSEA TIRE 280 TnEH ARADN DS oFT FRIENHN PCoETRY 258 SwiBNURVNEER sHuIsBS i oRGAPHERS 290 HENR}AYM ES �5 REMDYE G ouRMOTN 339 PART THREE:C ONTEMPORARIES LioNJEoLH NSON vii CONTENTS VIII THEP ROSTERD AITIIONVN E RSE 317 page THEL ATEYRE ATS 387 RoBEFRRTo s(TT wRoE VEIW)s 382 D.H .L AWRENCE 387 DRW ILALMIsP'o sTiION 389 DusNLEIRASN DM R} AMJESYO CE 399 ULYSSES 403 joYCE 410 T.s .E LIOT 418 WYNDHLAEMW IS 423 ARNODLoDL METSCH 431 VERsL IBARNEDA RNODLoDL EMTscH 437 BRANCUSI 441 INDEX 447 INTORDUCTOIN Thee diotftoh rvi osl uimasel ornees pofnrost ihcbehl oeoi fc e essaanyrdse viienwcsl aundhdeei d ts;h eorrceeaf lulpeodn tog ivaec cooufhn itps r incoifsp elleescI ht aivoneno. t aimaetidn cluedveirnygit nthh iaenrg e,al t ieorfca rriyt thiacti sm, seemteomd ew orptrhe setrvhieinresgen: o umgaht efrroai naolt her volume. oLfsi imhziaetis am tpiotoshneee dx clousfmi uocsnho ; I havter ioendlt yog ivare e prteastceihnvoefi orcmeE zrPao und's lirtaery corivteaipr ce irsoimfos do mteh iyretayBr esi.anr ge tro specsteilveect thbiiooson dk,ie ffrfsor mt hfeuo rb oookfcs ri tical paperwsh fitrchohbem u olfkth mea tehrabisea etlna kaenntd,ot he publiosfhw ehriscI h m akaec knowledPgaanevnemse'and n t: Divi(sAiA.o. n.sK no,pN fewY or1k,9) 1l,8n.s gtaitio(n.sB oni & LiverNiegwYh otr1,k 90,2 )M,akleNtew( FabFearb&Le orn,d on, antdh Yea lUen ivePrrsei1st3s94y),an dP olEistysesa( Fa&b er FabLeorn,d 1o3n97,)T .h ecsoel lewcetraieso snesm ibnlf eroadm whidcohe nsos te etmo pmeer manseanttilsyft ahcetyo rhya:v e sertvhedep iurr pionps reo lotnhgeeiff neagctw t h itchhve a rious papweerrsae i med on tphuebilri iconpari etgriiiononaTd lhi eca ls. bootkhse mshealvbveee cso mmoerd ei ffictuol to batnadi nit;sh ere fruthersmoomoreve e rlaopfcp oinntge ntst hAbeme etriwcaene n antdh Een glcioslhl eIch taivoienn sc.l auldsseohd o rpticeeers rescfuoremtd h fiel eosfp erioadmiocnasglussct:Ih h ,a vmea de selefcortmpi hoont ofsortmAa mteisrc maang azsiunpepstl,omi ee d byM rJ amLeasu ignhT.lh emrues bte outnhceorl wlreicttiendg s whihcahve es capoeundro tPiocuehn:ad cs o ntriidnbeaufttiegda bly tol imtatglaez Tihneerrsee.m tawibono ofkorsmw hiIc hh taavkee n nothGiuneigt d:Ko u clh(uFra &b eFra b1e3r98,)a n tdh eea rbluyt veriypm ortTahenS pti roiRfto man(cDee Lnotn,d 1o9n),1B. 0o th thebsoeo hkasvb ee eonuo tfp ribnutht,a vree cebneterlney p ub lisbhye dND eiewrc titohnseshy:o buoltbdher eeandt ire. Thep resbeonotik sd esigdnieeffrde nfotrmla yn pyr evious colleocfPt oiuonends 'sssa oyIb s e;l iteehrvieejs u isfatitciforoin t s havinge nubtsertetenoad n othhaentrdh atnho aftt h aeu thTohre. i.x X INTRODUCTION authora-nlayiu kteh or-mwaokaue l sdo mdewiehffraectnh to ice formth aotf h iesd ihteoh ra;is n,fca te,x prersesgaerdtce etr tain omissainoddne sp,r etchaietn ecdl uosfsi eovnei ratlew mhsi ch appteota hree d ittobo er m oofrl ea svtailntughe at nh deoyt oh im. BuMtr P.o unhdan se ver hvialsli uteecdrar ryi teixccieispnmt teromfs i imtmse diimaptateche ted; i totrho,et hoenr w ihsahnedd, tore gtahrmeda teirni arhlii pcseatrlos pteocpt uait v nege,ew n era tiorne aodfie nrwtsho,o h saen tdhesea rclolileecrt ainsodcn ast tered essdaiyndso cto mweh en wtehrneeey w i,n atp oo sittoai pon prectihacete en tiramolpr taonfPc oeu ncdri'tsi cali ntw hrei ting develoopfpm oeendttur ryti hneg hfaiolrtffsh te twceennttiuertyh. Ih opferu,t hertmhoatrthe vi,os l uwmield le monstthraatt e Pounldi'tse crarriyt iiscti hmseom s itm porctoanntte myp orar critoific tkisis nmOd fa.v eirym porktianpndet-r htahkpeis tn hda t wec alne aasfftot rodd o w ithoutt:hk ei wnihdIsas th ahlalvt eo conspirdeesreI nftt hlsiyes.l escutcicoiennie tdpssup rosiewt,i ll sho(w1t )h Paotu hnadss a miudc h atbhaoerou tftw ritainndg of writpionegit rnpy a rtitchuialpstae rr,m anveanlatinldudy s uelf. Veryf we crihtaivdceos n teh aItwt.i s lhlo (w2t )hh aest a miudc h thwaatps e culpiearrttlioyn entnehteoe d fts h tei amwteh iicth was writ(3t)et nhh;ae tf r oceudp oonu r atntoeotnn tliiyno dni vidual autsh,bo urwth oalree oafps o etwrhyi,nc ohf tuucrriet iccains m affotroid g noArnedf. i nally (whattoh iwtmih laalnn ym atter less oft hfero egoaicnhgi evtehmhaeehtn a tsssh )o awm no riem mediate angde nerous aopfap urtehwcohiroaswst oeir ooknn w eo unlodt expheictmto f ind symtphaaitngsh e enteirakcnl,ol wyIn it.fs ro thisr elatashsoIatn t h ianvcel euadrreledyv ioepfwo se bmysR obert FrostD .Ha .Ln adw reFnoctreh r.ie sa asloIsn o h ianvcel tuhdee d earelsyso anLy i onel oJtohhenrwusinosoneb, t atihneead biltei:o n ofL ioJnoehln spoone'omsfsw hitchhei sss faroym etdh e Intro ductwiaowsni thdiramwmne diaafttpeeulrby l icaMtrP.io ounn.d temlelt sh haitIs tn roduacrtoiuhosones dt iiitlds ii tffiycf:uro ml et, andt hIii nwtki bleld ifficfurool tth er nroewta,oud nedres rstand whyT.h iess siasyi oneftr ensotot,n lryw hfaPoto usnaday sb out Johnsofno,Jr o hbnustoo wnno' psi nionqsu,o tatebhdoeh,uri tes conteamrp-ijoeursdgemteown htisbc yht ,hf eca tq oufo ttihnegm , Pousnede tmohs a vgei viemnp laiscsietn t. Toa ppreacnriyea ttreo scpoelclteoicflvttieei rooanpr iyn ainodn s jdugemeinttn sei,cs e stsopa arayyt tetnott ihdoean t aetws h ich INTRODUCfiON Xi thweeyr wer itIht aevnte.r iteoed s taabsnl eiasarhspl oys stihbel e, datoefas lt lhp ei eicnecsl aundhdee drm;eu smta kaec knowledge menotfi nvalhueaflorbpmlM erH .u gKhe nnoeftr hU1en iveorfs ity Califaonrfdnor imMa r,N. o rmHaonl mPeesa rosfYo anl Uen i versSiutcdyha. t iiesns gs eMnatlieavlo.l entt wcwore iltlics have knowrne soutroqc ueoastn:ecd o lilsaotlea tedt osfrner notme nces theciorn taenxtdtoq , u owtheaa wt r istaetirwd e onrtt yh iyretayr s agaosi fw aissto methhehi ansdga yieds teErvdeacryoyc.l t lieon ofs tatewmrietntatetdsn i e ffretnitma ensid n d iffecroenntte xts musbtep roteacsfra ta espd o ssaigbalien smtis rseupncrthea steion. Thev ieowfas n wyr itiehfri m,si ndde vealnomdpa st uwrielsl, chanogrwe i blelm odibfiyee dv enast tsa;t emmaeyln otts hee valiwdhiiitchtyha wdh einwt a wsr eintb;tu itif wt a vsa lfiroid t s plaacnetd i miet, smtahiyal vlpe e rmavnaelnMutue c.oh ft he permanenceo fM rP.o uncdri'tsii cdsiu ssemi mtpohl iyhs a vsienegn soc lewahralntye etdeobd e asata ipda rticuloacrc utpiamtei;o nh is withhio swn m omeanntid tn se ehdalsse h di tmos amya ntyhg isn whiacrhoe fp ermavnaelnutet ,hv eab luoutfwe h ich mbaey not immetdeilay apbpyrl eactrieearat dweehdrol s a ctkhs ee nosfe histsoiritcaula tion. Inetvaibalfytt,eh prea ssoaftg iems eu,ca ch r iatsMi rc. Pound (whhoan se vbeerea nfdr o afhi iosw inn siwgihltls )ta ohp apveea r exaggetrahitepme odr toafsn ocmepe ri npclieosro, fs omaeu thors, antdoh avuen judseteplcryi aottehdeH rehs a.es n lacrrgietdi cism byh iisn terporfnee tgaltiaeoucntt headonl rdtis e rataunrbdeyh s i,s rebhialiotfma itesisotnea eumtehdAo sfr ostr.hr ee puttahthaieto ns haast tawcekm eudsr,te catlhrlee acatgiaoitnnhA seut g usAtgaen initbiyta htLeae kdPe o eAtnspy.i onoefare erv oliunt ipoone try and PMoru.nm do rriees s pofnrots hiXebX ltCehe ntruervyo lution inp oettrhyai nsa noyt hienrid diuvals-uirtseoa ttsaocmke venernaatmeeFdso t.rh ree paoli onfat t tiastch kie d oloafat ry greaarttb iyus nti nteclrliiatgnihedcin sist,m itbaytu inoinne sdp ir practnietrAis go.r ewarittc earhn a vaeat,p artitciumalpe ae,rrn i cioourms e rdeelayd einnlifunegan nctdeh ;ii nlsfu ecanncb eem ost eeffctiavtetlabycy pk oeidn otuittnh gof suaelw thsi ch nootutog ht be coapntidhe ods,e avneiymr utluaoetfwsi h oiincash n achronistic. Pounddip'sasr agoefMmi elntftroo i nn,s twaanIsca ,emc , o nvinced, 1M rK ennetrh aeiu st hoofTr he P oeyt ofrE rrPao und( Fabe&r F abe,r LondaonnNd;e wD ierctiNoenwYs o,r bok:t h1 91)5. xii INTRODUCTION mossta luttwaernaytn ytd h iyretayar gsoI s; t aiglrlwe ieth hi m againasct-atdhaeedm miicr ers tohfo utMgomih eil stte oentm;hs a t thsei tuatcihoann gheads. Iitns e cestscoao rnysP ioduenrld i'tsep rarroyn ounictneh mee nts ligohftt hc ei rcumisnwth aintcchhewe sey r wer itbtoetinhno, r der tog ratshpee x toeftn htre e volouftt aisaotnnped ra ctwihciehc eh habsr ouagbhotau ntid,no r dteourn dertshtpeaa nrdt ikciunoldfa r criotfi cw hheii csh e smoi naenen xta mHpelh ea.as l waybse en, firasntd r efmooats te,a cahnaedc r a mpaiHgen eharal.sw baeyes n impenlolmtee dr,et lofiy n odu ftro h imsheolwpf o esthroybu el d writtetnop, a osbnstu htbe e neofifht id si scotvooe trhienerosst ; simtpmola yk teh ebseen efits atvoia nisluiapsbottlnh e eb,ie rib nugt receHievw eoduc.la dj aonladel ,m osto tchomeeerrin cn wetr,oi ting welslot: hh aeot f tperne stehanept pse aorafanm caetn r ytiocn ogn vetyoa v erdye apefr stohfneca tt htahthe o uisosen fi rEev.e ry chanhgehe a asd vochaaatsle wadys str uckb ehiionmfig s n atasn t urgeTnhciiysns. o otn ltyht ee mperaomfte hntete acihrtee rp:r e sents aPlosuona,d ,p"Wi atshsd ieosnnioarmttee e,r teolw yr iwteel l him,sb eulttfol iivnaep eriiwnoh di hcech o ublesd u rrobuyn ded equailnltye lalnicdgr eenamtti invdHese .nhc ieis m patFioern ce. himt,od i scaon vewewrr i otgfee rn iiasuss s a fytiinsagne xperience, asi its r flaoe smsaentr ob elitehhvaeeth awsr itatg ernew aotr k of gehniim.usH see l fhcaasrd eede tphlhayit s contaenmdp oraries junisohrowusrl idwt eelh leh; ac sa rleedfsro sh ipse rsaocnhaile ve mentth afrnot hleei o ffl etatneadrr sOt n.eo ft hlee sstoobn es leafrornmth icsr itpircoaslef oramhn idcs o rrespiostn hdee nce lestscooa nur nes elffirots hhaelr yt s eorvnees . Pouncdr'ist iisc iasalmdw edasryssie mdp,l ificriostfatl l tyloh, i s flelcorwta sfmteaonl t;lh osew rwiththoEee n glliasnhg utahgoeu,g h hiess peccnoicaealrn ncd a rhaebs e efnroh ifsle locwrt amsfeni n Americiait.ps r Beucttih saiedsld yrt eows rsi tthegaritsv P eosu nd's critais cpiesacmni da lp ervmaalfnuroere ne ta dOenrlese .afr rmno s himap preciation leoafr tnlouii nntdgee rratsthtupearr need by paratsitouandn,ytd r aitnowi hnigtc hhwe r istheoru ld submit him.sW ehleftPhoeurin gsdi vhiinasgt tetnott iheoen nu nciation ofg eneprarli ncoirtp olt ehrsee, a sseosfns emgelnetc ted authors antdo e xpounndeignlgel citteeedraso t,rwu hrethheei rsa d ver tistihmneeg r oifnt esww r iters (cotrhrteeh srspeeoec ntdiionngs to inwthoi Ich ha vdei vitdhebidos o tkh)me o tiivfsnue d amentally INTRODUCTION xiii thsea mteh:re e efsrhmernetv,i taalnid's maatkinioennwg,o' f liteiraontu uorrwn et ime. Iitss o metbhuintno gmt,u cfhro,t hcel assiofifPc oautnido'ns crititcopi lsamicw,tei tthhe nootthaceborln et riobfpu otetitoos n s critictihseems :s aypsr eafnoadfDc reysd etnh,te w por efoafc es WordswtohrBetio hgp,rh aia LoifCt oelrearraiilodalfwg heo: m werceo ncewrniet'dhm aknienwig'nt h eoiwrtn i m(esI.h oluilkde toa ddt,op lemaysse,eS lafmuJeolh nasnodnt,;op lePaosuen d, WaltSaevrLa gaen dBournt.o )no ef twhaesssoc e o nsistently con cernweidtt hea cohtihnhegor twsow riteo.fn o oA tnhdpe orcae nt ibte m oriem porttosa anyt, h itcshr aitta inchdii pssom e thriys, precaenhpdit ps r acctoimcpeao,s s ien ogelueIv itrns ee .c estsoa ry reaPdo unpdo'estt roy undheircssri ttaincadni tdso mr ,e ahdi s crittiouc nidsemr hsitpsao nedtI r yan.mo i tn tereisistn eeds-it senttoim aypl u rposea-stsoteh roatnt ke i nodfc ritiicsoi fs m highert hvaaannl outeh erd.o esWseh etamomt et ruea,nn de ces sartyos aiyts,h Paotu ncdri'tiswca rli tsicantgtsae,nr odec dca sional ast hey bheaefvnroe,mt hlea.re td pisensiUeb odoyfc riwtriitcailn g ino utri mTeh.eb ye gaatanm omewnhtet nh ey wemruec hv ery needtehsdei: t uoafpt oieoitnnr1 90y 9 or19 1w0 asst agtnoaa nt degree dainffiyyco uulntg offpto oore- ttd oaiy m agPionuen.d himsheaaldl f o wnagty og oa:n hdeh agso nietC .o mpariosfho ins earwliihteihsls ta tveesrstsh eo guilavdme p elvei doefnhcmoeuw c h heh imhsaelsle farnf tor mh iosw cnr imteidcailt aantfdoir mos ntsu dy otfh aeu thaobrowsuh to hme whraist ten. Tos atyh aantky i nodfc ritihcaiisst lmsi mitiasnto ittoo n s beliitbtu,ttt lco e o ntributietd set foiwnairtdiso n and understanding. Thlei amtiiotofPn o unkdi'nisids in t cso ncenutpraotnic orattnfh e ofl etatneodrfps o,e etsrpye c(iTahflecal tty h.ha et ignores con sideraotfdi roanm atiwch ivhceehrr e sgea,r ds, qausai te rightly, distfionrmoc rat p pliocafvt eiroasnnew d,h iicshf r oamo ra pplica tioinn whheii ncsoh it n terieassd teeldi,bl eiiramttaewt oirotnh notibnungto, ot t herwiimspeo rOtnat nhoten. he)a ntdh,vi esr y limitgaivteisoaw ni hdiraemnr g Peo:u ncdo'nst ribbycau ltliionng, ouart tetnott himeoe nr oifpt ose otfrry e mootrae l iseonc ieties Anglo-PSraxoovne,en a?rI!lt,ya lian,J aCphaitnnoese saseye, and nothoifhn ibgse nefitchioauirilgrt,ha tainndg sodmietisampbeulste knocakbionougaft c ceptedi Lnva atalinuGndar teiletoiken rsa ture isi mmenBsuweth. e wnew antto ttour nyd erwshtaaftnro dea i gn
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