Ezra Pound Research Paper

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One of the 20th century's most influential voices in American and English literature, Ezra Pound was born in the small mining town of Hailey, Idaho, on October 30, 1885. The only child of Homer Loomis Pound, a Federal Land Office official, and his wife, Isabel, Ezra spent the rest of his childhood just outside Philadelphia, where his father had moved the family after accepting a job with the U.S. Mint. His childhood seems to have been a happy one. He eventually attended Cheltenham Military Academy, staying there two years before leaving to finish his high school education at a local public school.
The Life of Ezra Pound
Birth: October 30, 1885 Hailey, ID
Middle Years: Left to Europe to publish his book with only 80 dollars which didn't make success as he would have wanted
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He was born in the small mining town of Hailey, Idaho, on October 30, 1885. The only child of Homer Loomis Pound, a Federal Land Office Official, and his wife, Isabel. Ezra spent the rest of his childhood just outside Philadelphia, where his father had moved the family after accepting a job with the U.S. Mint. His childhood seems to have been a very happy one. He eventually attended Cheltenham Military Academy, staying there two years before leaving to finish his high school education at a local public school. The life of Ezra Pound Born on October 30, 1885 in Hailey, ID. After finishing high school he left to Europe to publish his book with only 80 dollars. He didn't make the success he would have wanted to but it did open doors for him. He met authors and poets everywhere including madox ford, william butler yeats. His friendship with Yeats was a close one that he took a job as the writers secretary and later served as his best man at his wedding “Use no superfluous word, no adjective which does not reveal something.” He died in November 1, 1972 Venice, Italy at the age of

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