Ezra Pound Papers 1945-1986 (bulk 1951-1958)

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Ezra Pound Papers 1945-1986 (bulk 1951-1958)

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Poet and critic. Primarily correspondence with Stephane de Yankowska, a Polish friend living in England, written during the time Pound was confined to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, D.C., after having been declared mentally incompetent to stand trial for treason. Also includes legal papers pertaining to the motion to dismiss the treason charges and secure Pound’s release from the psychiatric hospital

550 items; 1 containers; .4 linear feet

eng,

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6356270

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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Pound, Dorothy

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Epithet: Mrs wife of Ezra Pound British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000349.0x000392 ...

Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972

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Ezra Pound was an expatriate American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a fascist collaborator in Italy during World War II. His works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920), and his 800-page epic poem, The Cantos (c. 1917–1962). Pound's contribution to poetry began in the early 20th century with his role in developing Imagism, a movement stressing precision and economy of language. Working in London as foreign editor of several American l...

Pound, Dorothy

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De Yankowska, Stephane

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