Early Writings (Pound, Ezra): Poems and Prose (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

"The best of Pound's writing... will last as long as there is any literature." --Ernest Hemingway

..".We all owe a great deal to him. But I most of all surely." --James Joyce

Ezra Pound makes his Penguin Classics debut with this unique selection of his early poems and prose, edited with an introductory essay and notes by Pound expert Ira Nadel. The poetry includes such early masterpieces as “The Seafarer,” “Homage to Sextus Propertius,” “Hugh Selwyn Mauberley,” and the first eight of Pound’s incomparable “Cantos.” The prose includes a series of articles and critical pieces, with essays on Imagism, Vorticism, Joyce, and the well-known “Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry.”

• First time in Penguin Classics

• Includes generous selections of Pound's poetry, as well as an assortment of prose