The Economist (US), August 17th, 1991
THE young American poet Ezra Pound England in 1908 to make his mark on the social and intellectual heights of Edwardian London. Being determined and forceful, he succeeded. For a time, Pound played the aesthete to perfection, pursuing his quaint studies into the poets of Old Provence and writing cheeky satirical verses about contemporary manners.
By the outbreak of the first world war his attention had begun to shift to politics and social engagement. This was thanks, in part, to the influence of A.R. Orage, editor of New Age, a small, independent newspaper with an influence out of all prop...
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