Written in 1910 when Pound was only 25 years old, and later revised by the author, this critical work has long stood as an important stage in the development of Pound's poetics, and a dramatic revaluation of Europe's literary tradition. Pound surveys the course of literature from the fall of the Roman Empire through the dawn of the Renaissance, paying special attention to the Provençal poets and to Dante. Now with an introduction by Richard Sieburth, this work illuminates a great period in European literature and one of America's greatest poetic minds.
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Underappreciated early Pound,
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Humorous, to my mind, that my prior review of Pound's Cantos, which I do not much care for, inspired a touch of vitriol from some impassioned fans of his work. So, perhaps to atone for that, I will say how much I enjoy this earlier work of his, where he gets to display his encyclopedic knowledge of Western European culture in an appropriate vehicle. While this book is essentially out of date now, having been written in the 20s, its general conclusions regarding the birth of the modern lyric in Europe are always fascinating and insightful. His wit is present and pertinent, and his later gross arrogance and stubborn refusal to organize his thinking nowhere to be found. So, I highly recommend this book, and while a knowledge of the Cantos is required to be fully literate, this work is far better and actually far more important and relevant to modern letters. The writer of this book is a man I would have liked to have known, while I would not say the same regarding the writer of the Cantos. Another possibly indefensible critical paradigm, I suppose, but there you have it in any case.
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