Literary Essays of Ezra Pound 4th Order from the New York Times

from the New York Times bestselling author of Lilac Girls

Along the way he offers warm

and the quiet menace that waits just beyond the frame

the power to remind us that we are hunters and gatherers of values

Literary Essays of Ezra Pound 4th Order from the New York TimesFor this definitive collection of Pound's Literary Essays, his friend (and English editor) T. S. Eliot chose material from five earlier volumes: Pavannes and Divisions (1918), Instigations (1920), How to Read (1931), Make It New (1934), and Polite Essays (1937). 33 pieces are arranged in three groups: "The Art of Poetry," "The Tradition," and "Contemporaries." Eliot wrote in his introduction: "I hope that this volume will demonstrate that Pound's