The Poetry of Thought is My Choice

Densely packed with academic references and a love for learning, George Steiner is alway, for me, a writer worth reading (again, and again).

Ezra Pound
Oct 30, 2020
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The Poetry of Though is My Choice

No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.

- Ezra Pound (1885-1972)

The Poetry of Thought by George Steiner

The Poetry of Thought by George Steiner

The Poetry of Though is My Choice

Inspired by Ezra Pound (1885-1972)'s quote, "No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents". The titled responsion is...

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Ezra Pound was an expatriate American poet and critic, and a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement. His contribution to poetry began with his development of Imagism.
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Beyond the generic plugs, I don't typically advocate for books but this is an exception. George Steiner's Poetry of Thought: From Hellenism to Celan (2011) sits on my bedside table. For anyone who has spent much time reading my blog or books will probably realize I am a "Steinerarian" at heart. I realize his writing is not easy to grasp for the layman ready, but as an Academic, an educator, and a polyglot his reference enriched style is intellectual poetry. Densely packed with academic references and a love for learning, George Steiner is always, for me, a writer worth reading (again, and again).

What are your books of choice, what authors change your very existence? Please do tell. This is your assignment. Interesting readers must apply themselves, in this we are the same.


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