{"product_id":"the-bughouse-the-poetry-politics-and-madness-of-ezra-pound-paperback","title":"The Bughouse: The Poetry, Politics, and Madness of Ezra Pound - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel Swift\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1945, the American poet Ezra Pound was due to stand trial for treason for his broadcasts in Fascist Italy during the Second World War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore the trial could take place, however, he was pronounced insane. Escaping a possible death sentence, he was sent to St. Elizabeths Hospital near Washington, D.C., where he was held for more than a decade. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the hospital, Pound was at his most infamous, and most contradictory. He was a genius and a traitor, a great poet and a madman. He was also an irresistible figure and, in his cell on Chestnut Ward and on the elegant hospital grounds, he was visited by the major poets and writers of his time. T. S. Eliot, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, John Berryman, Charles Olson, and Frederick Seidel all went to sit with him. They listened to him speak and wrote of what they had seen. This was perhaps the world's most unorthodox literary salon: convened by a fascist, held in a lunatic asylum, with chocolate brownies and mayonnaise sandwiches served for tea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePound continues to divide all who read and think of him. At the hospital, the doctors who studied him and the poets who learned from him each had a different understanding of this wild and most difficult man. Tracing Pound through the eyes of his visitors, Daniel Swift's \u003ci\u003eThe Bughouse \u003c\/i\u003etells a story of politics, madness, and modern art in the twentieth century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Swift\u003c\/b\u003e teaches at the New College of the Humanities in London. His first book, \u003ci\u003eBomber County\u003c\/i\u003e, was long-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize and the Guardian First Book Award, and his essays and reviews have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 318\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 20, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45335840587878,"sku":"9780374538040","price":33.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/cXdlU0FHRFYra3lSRTF0NVBsNE01dz09.webp?v=1774593998","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-bughouse-the-poetry-politics-and-madness-of-ezra-pound-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}