Autograph Note Signed from Ezra Pound to fellow poet Dachine Rainer; TLS from Rainer to Jackson Mac Low to verso [Single sheet]
- SIGNED
- [St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, DC] , 1950
[St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, DC], 1950. Very Good. [St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, DC]: 1950. Single page autograph letter signed from Ezra Pound to fellow poet Dachine Rainer, dated May Day and reading "Dear Dachine / Tell Jxn Mc there is less melodic dead wood in greek. / & for him to see Sekakes." To the verso is Rainer's typewritten note to Jackson Mac Low noting the letter "from ole ez" and remarking, "who is Sekakes? that's a wunnerful image: melody in dead wood," before continuing on to personal and literary matters. Mail folds; age toning; Very Good; no envelope.
Two intriguing letters linking the three poets while Pound was in the DC Mental Hospital following his descent into anti-semitism, espousal of fascist views, and eventual commitment to St. Elizabeth's after being declared unfit to stand trial for treason. Pound influence on the literary world however was on display upon his release in 1958. A member of the campaign, Robert Frost, wrote at the time “I feel authorized to speak very specially for my friends, Archibald MacLeish, Ernest Hemingway and T. S. Eliot. None of us can bear the disgrace of letting Ezra Pound come to an end where he is.”.
Two intriguing letters linking the three poets while Pound was in the DC Mental Hospital following his descent into anti-semitism, espousal of fascist views, and eventual commitment to St. Elizabeth's after being declared unfit to stand trial for treason. Pound influence on the literary world however was on display upon his release in 1958. A member of the campaign, Robert Frost, wrote at the time “I feel authorized to speak very specially for my friends, Archibald MacLeish, Ernest Hemingway and T. S. Eliot. None of us can bear the disgrace of letting Ezra Pound come to an end where he is.”.