Carl W. Gatter collection on Ezra Pound, 1894-1986.

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Carl W. Gatter collection on Ezra Pound, 1894-1986.

This collection contains very little original Pound material, although there are six folders of photocopied correspondence from him to various correspondents, primarily from the period when Pound was institutionalized at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Correspondents include Pound's wife Dorothy and an early girlfriend Mary Moore. There are 22 folders of correspondence to Gatter relating to the early life of Ezra Pound. The balance of the collection comprises Gatter's research material on the life of Ezra Pound, including some printed material and photographs.

10 boxes.

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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...

Gatter, Carl W.

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Carl W. Gatter lived for many years in the childhood home of Ezra Pound at 166 Fernbrook Avenue, Wyncote, Pennsylvania. As a result, Gatter began collecting information about and interviewing people who knew Pound when he lived in and around Philadelphia. With his mother Gatter also established a correspondence with Pound between the years 1956 and 1966. From the description of Carl W. Gatter collection on Ezra Pound, 1894-1986. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record i...

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 ...

Moore, Mary Courtney

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