Ezra Pound (1885-1972) may be better known for his fascist political leanings than for his poetry. Yet, his greatest influence was probably that of patron: He spent his long life befriending, publishing, and supporting fellow poets and writers. His friendships cast a wide net and include many of the best-known poets and writers of the 20th Century. Many works by Pound and his literary friends are available on the Archive.

Ezra Pound:

• Umbra, The Early Poems of Ezra Pound (1920) Scanned from the first of 100 signed copies and dedicated to Mary Moore (see below) “if she wants it”.
• Exultations (1910) Scan of a signed copy.
• Ripostes of Ezra Pound (1913) Scan of a signed copy.

William Carlos Williams

• The Tempers (1913)
• A book of poems, Al que quiere! (1917)
• Kora in Hell: Improvisations (1920)
• Sour Grapes, A Book of Poems (1921)

William Butler Yeats

• The Wind Among the Reeds (1899)
• Responsibilities, and other poems (1916)
• Irish Fairy and Folk Tales (1918)

T.S. Eliot

• Prufrock and Other Observations (1917)
• Ara Vus Prec (1920)

Marianne Moore

• Poems (1921)
• The Dial: The Archive contains 53 volumes of this literary magazine, many of them edited by Moore.

James Joyce (These books are text-only):

• Chamber Music
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
• Ulysses

D.H. Lawrence

• Amores; Poems (1916)
• Tortoises (1921)
• Sons and Lovers (1913)

Robert Frost

• A Boy’s Will (1915)
• Mountain Interval (1921)
• North of Boston (1915)