SOURCE: Bottrall, Ronald. “The Achievement of Ezra Pound.” In Ezra Pound: The Critical Heritage, edited by Eric Homberger, pp. 415-21. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1972.
In the following essay, originally published in 1952, Bottrall, a well-known English poet, positively reflects upon Pound's body of work, believing “Hugh Selwyn Mauberley” to be his artistic peak, and that his later work, while still excellent, did not live up to his earlier potential.
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