Ezra Pound wielded tremendous influence on the 20th century’s literature while he cut a controversial path through its politics. His challenge, “make it new,” became Modernism’s touchstone. This program follows his life’s extraordinary course, from his collaborations with Yeats and Eliot through his years of detention at St. Elizabeths Hospital. A wealth of photographs and manuscripts is blended with readings from his letters, essays, and poems, including “Meditatio,” “In a Station of the Metro,” and selections from his epic work, The Cantos. (20 minutes)