Ezra Pound (1885-1972) was an American poet and critic, famous for the Cantos. He also wrote ABC of Reading (1934), and The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry (1936).
1. Ezra Pound: Poems and Translations
by Ezra Pound, Richard Sieburth (Editor). Library of America. From the publisher: "American literature's modernist revolution is inconceivable without the catalyzing presence of Ezra Pound... This Library of America volume is the most comprehensive collection of Pound's poetry... and translations ever assembled. Ranging from the text of the handmade first collection...
2. Ezra Pound Reads
by Ezra Pound. HarperCollins. From the publisher: "Ezra Pound's inspirational sway over twentieth century poetry remains unquestioned to this day. Ezra Pound Reads offers a rare opportunity to witness the vision of this awe-inspiring, intensely polemical artist."3. Collected Early Poems of Ezra Pound
by Ezra Pound. New Directions Publishing. From the publisher: "This book contains the complete texts of the poet's first six books, their title pages in facsimile, and the long poem Redondillas, for many years available only in a rare limited edition."4. Selected Prose
by Ezra Pound, and William Cookson (Editor). New Directions Publishing. From the publisher: "In making this selection, the author writes in his introduction to this paperback edition of early and out-of-print writings, 'my aim has been to show the unity of Ezra Pound's concerns."5. A A B C of Reading
by Ezra Pound. New Directions Publishing. From the publisher: "The entire book re-emphasizes the fact that one of Pound's major contributions to modern culture was his great ability to discover neglected and unknown genius, distinguishes originals from imitations, and opening new avenues in literature for our time."6. Shih-Ching: The Classic Anthology Defined by Confucius
by Ezra Pound (Translator). Harvard University Press. From the publisher: "Ezra Pound here recreates for the English-speaking world the great poetry of ancient China. The 305 odes of the Classic Anthology are the living tradition of Chinese poetry. Since the fifth century before Christ, they have been as familiar to literate Chinese as the Homeric poems were to the ancient Greeks."7. Exultations
by Ezra Pound. M.S.G. Haskell House. From the publisher: "The best of Ezra Pound's early work. Includes 'Night Litany,' ''Fair Helena,' 'Francesca,' 'Aux Belles de Londres,' 'Greek Epigram,' 'Plotinus,' 'A Song of the Virgin Mother,' 'Histrion,' 'The Eyes,' 'Songs,' 'Defiance,' 'Laudantes Decem, On His Own Face in a Glass,' 'Sestina For Ysolt,' 'Ballad of the Goodly Fere,'... and others."8. Ezra Pound and the Visual Arts
by Ezra Pound. New Directions Publishing. From the publisher: "Ezar Pound and the Visual Arts is the first gathering of the poet's writing in the field. In the opening section are assembled all of his art reviews contributed to London's 'The New Age' in the years 1913-22."9. A Draft of XXX Cantos
by Ezra Pound. M.S.G. Haskell House. From the publisher: "An epic of great vision and complexity, Pound's 'Cantos' addresses the profound human issues in history and in our time. Each of the nine groupings of poems can be seen as a fresh wave that swells out from and falls back upon the earlier cantos, extending them structurally, adding new layers of meaning."10. Lustra
by Ezra Pound. M.S.G. Haskell House. From the publisher: "A collection of early poems by Ezra Pound which originally appeared in Smart Set, Blast, and Poetry."