Two Poundian anniversaries ‘oblige’ us to reread the totem-poet of the century. The first is at the crossroads of tragedy: eighty years ago – it was May 1945 – Pound was arrested on charges of high treason, confined in a camp in Pisa, in very harsh conditions. In June he underwent several psychiatric visits; he was then escorted to the military prison of St. Elizabeths, Washington DC. The second anniversary is of a different nature: on July 9 Ma…
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Two Poundian anniversaries ‘oblige’ us to reread the totem-poet of the century. The first is at the crossroads of tragedy: eighty years ago – it was May 1945 – Pound was arrested on charges of high treason, confined in a camp in Pisa, in very harsh conditions. In June he underwent several psychiatric visits; he was then escorted to the military prison of St. Elizabeths, Washington DC. The second anniversary is of a different nature: on July 9 Ma…