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Heresy, and Some Poetry; in The Nation, August 28, 1909
Henry William Massingham, editor
Published London: The Nation Publishing Co., 1909
18ll.; 34.5 x 13 cm. Folded and stapled.
Part of Periodicals, II
One of few contemporary reviews of EP’s Personae (1909), this offended anonymous reviewer accusing EP, as Pound would put it to Joyce in a letter of Dec. 1916, of being a “traitor to the imperium of Poetry.” Pound sent a copy to his Mother in Sept. 1909 writing,
I send along this delightful onslaught from the Nation. It is pleasant to be abused by one who knows nothing beyond the fact that he is annoyed. The ‘adv’ value is good & the reviewer has caused a good deal of amusement. - at himself -
Described by Betsy Erkkila as ‘weirdly prophetic in equating Pound’s “strange method of expression” with “rebellion and treason” against government and the state.’He has mistaken insurgence for strength, treason for originality.
Clean and straight with just a slight fox to the extremities.