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Poet And Resuscitator Of Poetry

William Scammell A SERIOUS CHARACTER: THE LIFE OF EZRA POUND by Humphrey Carpenter Faber, £20, pp. 1005 L ots of dull books have been written about Pound. Humphrey Carpenter has......

The Steps Of The Master

Mark Bonham Carter GEORGE BALANCHINE: BALLET MASTER by Richard Buckle in collaboration with John Toras Hamish Hamilton, DS, pp. 409 F ew famous men have been more wide- ly......