Collection ID: LMC 1942
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Summary

Creator:
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 and Seaton, Allan
Abstract:
The Seaton mss., 1949-1957, consists of letters from poet Ezra Loomis Pound, 1885-1972, to poet Allan Seaton, 1916-2007, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Extent:
1 folio
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Item], Seaton mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

Ezra Weston Loomis Pound, 1885-1972, was born on October 30, 1885, in Hailey, Idaho Territory. The family moved to New York in 1887. Pound studied at Cheltenham Military Academy (1897-1900), Hamilton College (Ph.B., 1902-1905), and the University of Pennsylvania (M.A. in Romance Languages, 1905-1906). He taught at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, before moving to Europe. He moved in literary circles in London and Paris and helped launch the new Modernist movement called Imagism. After making anti-Semitic broadcasts in Italy during World War II, Pound was accused of treason and brought back to the United States in 1945, where he was declared insane and was committed to St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C. After his release on May 7, 1958, he returned to Italy. He died in Venice on November 1, 1972.

Allan Seaton, 1916-2007, was a poet of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Scope and Content:

The Seaton mss., 1949-1957, consists of letters from poet Ezra Loomis Pound, 1885-1972, to poet Allan Seaton, 1916-2007, of Belfast, Northern Ireland. The letters were written while Pound was confined in St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C. Among the people mentioned are Irving Babbitt, Winston Churchill, Éamon De Valera, Thomas Stearns Eliot, Desmond Fitzgerald, Ford Madox Ford, Robert McAlmon, Alfred Richard Orage, D.D. Paige, and Walter Winchell. One letter addressed to Seaton from an unidentified writer, dated Mar. 12, 1951, is also present.

Acquisition information:
Purchase: 1984
Physical location:
Lilly - Folio

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PREFERRED CITATION:

[Item], Seaton mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
1200 East Seventh Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
(812) 855-2452
liblilly@indiana.edu