ABC of Reading (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Ezra Pound
- First Published: 1934
- Type of Work: Literary criticism
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, Language or languages, Authors or writers, Literature, Education or educators, Poetry or poets, Writing, Books, Reading, Poetics
Form and Content
Ezra Pound opens ABC of Reading with three very short prefatory statements. A brief section, “ABC,” identifies the audience for whom the volume is intended as “those who might like to learn.” The second introductory section, “How to Study Poetry,” explains Pound’s intention that ABC of Reading both expand and simplify his discussion in an earlier work, How to Read (1931). He expresses the belief that the book is “impersonal enough to serve as a text-book” and the hope that it can enliven classes in which it is used. In the...
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