| − | '''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. | + | '''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. |
| − | 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]]. | + | 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]]. |