Portrait d’une Femme (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ezra Pound
- First Published: 1912
- Type of Work: Poem
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Literature, Art or artists, England or English people, London, Sea or seafaring life, Great Britain
The literal translation of Pound's title “Portrait d’une Femme” is “portrait of a lady,” which has inevitable associations with the novel The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James, published in 1881. Pound greatly admired James's book, especially for its keen psychological insights, and in this poem he attempts to re-create the same sort of description, outlining the character of a person by detailing her surroundings.
The woman is a London literary hostess who rules over a conventional, if slightly boring, salon where writers and artists have come for “this score...
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