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'''Ezra Pound''' (1885–1972) was an American-born [[poet]], musician, and critic who was a major figure of the [[Modernist movement]] in early-to mid- 20th century poetry. He was the driving force behind several Modernist movements, notably [[Imagism]] and [[Vorticism]]. He moved to Europe, where he became a supporter of [[Benito Mussolini]] and involved in propaganda for the Axis in [[World War II]]. He spent thirteen years in St. Elizabeth mental hospital in the United States after the war, was declared to be incurably insane, and after being released, returned to [[Italy]] where he died in the early 1970s.
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'''Ezra Pound''' (1885–1972) was an American-born [[poet]], musician, and critic who was a major figure of the [[Modernism|Modernist movement]] in early-to mid- 20th century poetry. He was the driving force behind several Modernist movements, notably [[Imagism]] and [[Vorticism]]. He moved to Europe, where he became a supporter of [[Benito Mussolini]] and involved in propaganda for the Axis in [[World War II]]. He spent thirteen years in St. Elizabeth mental hospital in the United States after the war, was declared to be incurably insane, and after being released, returned to [[Italy]] where he died in the early 1970s.
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As a critic, Pound helped establish the careers of some of the 20th century's most influential writers including [[W. B. Yeats]], [[T.S. Eliot]], [[James Joyce]], [[Robert Frost]], [[William Carlos Williams]], [[H.D.]], [[Marianne Moore]], [[Ernest Hemingway]], [[D. H. Lawrence]], [[Basil Bunting]], [[George Oppen]], and [[Charles Olson]].
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As a critic, Pound helped establish the careers of some of the 20th century's most influential writers including [[William Butler Yeats|Yeats]], [[T.S. Eliot]], [[James Joyce]], [[Robert Frost]], [[William Carlos Williams]], [[H.D.]], [[Marianne Moore]], [[Ernest Hemingway]] and [[D. H. Lawrence]].
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==In a Station of the Metro==
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=="In a Station of the Metro"==
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:The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
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''The apparition of these faces in the crowd;''
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:Petals an a wet, black bough.
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''Petals an a wet, black bough.''
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-Ezra Pound
      
==Selected Bibliography==
 
==Selected Bibliography==
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