Davie wrote two books called 'Ezra Pound,' this is the earlier and more detailed of the two, and is one of those books you must read if you want to be a Pound scholar type. If you don't, but just want to read Pound, you'll get a lot out of it too. Davie writes clearly, says what he means without hedging, and only rarely makes idiotic critical howlers (e.g., "When 'ideas' do come into poetry, the poetry immediately goes to pieces around them," p 229. Uh... yeah. Love all those poems without ideas in them like... um...) Also notable is Davie's glorious author photo. He looks very pensive in his check coat and elongated tobacco pipe. ( )