Includes Pound's critical essays and articles on Joyce, providing the earliest sustained criticism of his masterworks. 🔑 Key Themes & Insights
Edited by Forrest Read and published in 1967 by New Directions, this volume chronicles the dynamic correspondence between the two literary giants primarily between 1913 and 1920. It serves as a masterclass in literary advocacy, networking, and the development of the 20th-century aesthetic. 📜 Book Overview
is a vital collection documenting the legendary relationship that shaped Modernist literature.
The letters run heavily from 1913 to 1920, capturing the exact era when Modernism took its definitive shape.
Readers get a front-row seat to Pound’s unfiltered, spontaneous reactions as the raw manuscripts of Dubliners , A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man , and Ulysses first landed on his desk.
Over 60 surviving letters from Ezra Pound to James Joyce.
Prices fluctuate significantly based on condition and printing. You can find reading copies starting around $15 , while highly preserved First Edition copies sit closer to $90 .