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1、UNITELEVENTEXTONE“WHANG—Boom—Boom—castdelicacytothewinds.”ThusEzraPoundinalettertohisfather,urgingtheoldmantohelppromotehisfirstpublishedcollection.Itmighthavebeenthepoet'smanifesto.Poundisasdivisiveafiguretodayashewasinhisownlifetime.ForsomehewastheleadingfigureoftheModernistmovementwhor
2、edefinedwhatpoetrywasandcouldbe;andwho,inhisroleasculturalimpresario,gavevitalimpetustotheliterarycareersofT.S.Eliot,JamesJoyceandWyndhamLewis,amongothers.ButformanyPoundremainsafreakandanembarrassment,aclinicalnutcaseandviciousanti-Semitewhochurnedoutalotofimpenetrabletoshbeforelosingthe
3、plotcompletely.Duringthesecondworldwarhebroadcastpro-FascistradioprogrammesfromItalyandlateravoidedtrialfortreasonathomeonlybecausehewasdeclaredinsane.OnhisreleasefromStElizabeth'sHospitalnearWashington,DC,hereturnedtoItaly(“Americaisalunaticasylum”),wherehediedin1972aged87.DavidMoody,eme
4、ritusprofessorofEnglishatYorkUniversity,makesastrongcaseforPound's“generousenergy”andthe“disruptive,regenerativeforceofhisgenius”.Hisapproach(unlikePound's)isuncontroversial.Hefollowsthepoet'sprogresschronologicallyfromhischildhoodinIdaho—still,atthetimeofhisbirthin1885,partofthewildwest—
5、tohisconquestofliteraryLondonbetween1908and1920.HemarshalsPound'sstaggeringoutputofpoetry,proseandcorrespondencetoexcellenteffect,andoffersclear,perceptivecommentaryonit.Hehelpsustoseepoems,suchasthisfamous,peculiarlyhaunting19-syllablehaiku,inanewlight:Theapparitionofthesefacesinthecrowd
6、:Petalsonawet,blackbough.ThatMrMoodyisconstantlybeingupstagedbythesubjectofhisstudyisnotsurprising.Poundwasoneofthemostcolourfulartisticfiguresinaperiodfullofthem.AccordingtoFordMadoxFord,whobecameagoodfriendofPound'sshortlyafterthebumptiousyoungAmericanarrivedinLondon:“Ezrawouldapproachw
7、iththestepofadancer,makingpasseswithacaneatanimaginaryopponent.Hewouldweartrousersmadeofgreenbilliardcloth,apinkcoat,ablueshirt,atiehand-paintedbyaJapanesefriend,animmensesombrero,aflamingbeardcuttoapointandasinglelargeblueearring.”W.B.Yeats'ssimpleassessmentwasthat
