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Ezra Pound was born in Hailey, Idaho, on October 30, 1885. Of all the major literary figures in the twentieth century, Ezra Pound has been one of the most controversial; he has also been one of modern poetry's most important contributors. Pound never had much of a following, however, his technical innovations and use of unconventional poetic materials often baffled even sympathetic readers. Early in his career, Pound aroused controversy because of his aesthetic views; later, because of his political views. For the greater part of this century, however, Pound devoted his energies to advancing the art of poetry and maintaining his aesthetic standards in the midst of extreme adversity. Pound reveals an all too human concern with vanity wounded by questions of publication, remuneration and reputation. It was his ensue of modern capitalism that made him one of the front men of the literary movement.
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“The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth.” |
Poetry:
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Modernism
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