An essay by this author describes "one element which predominates" in each soul, calling that element virtù. That twelve part essay is includes its author's translation of the Old English poem "The Seafarer" and compares the poet's task to that of the goddess Isis. Another of his essays warns "don't chop your stuff into separate iambs" and "don't b
An essay by this author describes "one element which predominates" in each soul, calling that element virtù. That twelve part essay is includes its author's translation of the Old English poem "The Seafarer" and compares the poet's task to that of the goddess Isis. Another of his essays warns "don't chop your stuff into separate iambs" and "don't be viewy." This author of "I Gather the Limbs of Osiris" wrote about Louis Agassiz repeatedly forcing a student to describe a sunfish in a parable which describes literature as "news that STAYS news." He wrote "the (*) vortex is the point of maximum energy" in an essay which coined the term "vorticism." This man's most popular criticism includes "How To Read," ABC of Reading, and "A Few Don'ts by an Imagiste." For 10 points, name this critic whose own poetry includes Hugh Selwyn Mauberley and The Cantos.
An essay by this author describes "one element which predominates" in each soul, calling that element virtù.
Ezra Pound