Three on the Tower: The Lives and Works of Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot and William Carlos Williams

by Louis Simpson

Poetry, Academic

Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Louis Aston Marantz Simpson

Reviews

[Ryan Trauman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simpson surveys the lives of Pound, Eliot, and Williams. I read a lot of biographies of poets and other figures hoping for insights into their work and contexts, but that's such an inefficient slog. I wish I could find 100-page, work-focused biographies like these for every poet in whom I'm interested. Alas, I'll have to settle only for these three right now. Not an enjoyable read, but if you want to learn about the high Modernist movement of the early 20th Century, this is a GREAT introduction. Fast read, too.