Ezra Pound correspondence, 1926-1935.

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Ezra Pound correspondence, 1926-1935.

The collection consists of two letters and two postcards from Pound, two letters to Pound, and a printed broadside with the title, Volitionist economics. Includes: letter from Pound to Mr. Reeves , ca. 1926, asking for copies of Personae and Exultations to be sent to the editor of the Literary Digest (formerly laid in Penn State's copy of Pound's Personae); letter from Pound to Miss Howe, 4 Jan. "anno XIII" (1935), about his vitriolic economic views; two typed postal cards from Pound to the Personal Service League, 1934, making economic points at the League's expense. Also, carbon copies of two typed letters to Pound in reply from the League, 1934-1935, concerning the League's activities and aims; printed broadside, with title Volitionist economics, making eight statements about economics, distributed by Pound ca. 1934-1935.

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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...