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Section sizes Section size for Ezra Pound (57 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 5,293 5,293 Early life and education (1885–1908) 43 11,695 Family background 2,576 2,576 Early education 2,249 2,249 University 5,155 5,155 Teaching 1,672 1,672 London (1908–1914) 25 30,979 A Lume Spento 1,596 1,596 Move to London 3,640 3,640 Meeting Dorothy Shakespear, Personae 4,603 4,603 The Spirit of Romance, Canzoni, the New Age 4,490 4,490 Poetry magazine, Ripostes, Imagism 6,645 6,645 James Joyce, Pound's unpopularity 3,405 3,405 Marriage 1,507 1,507 Des Imagistes, dispute with Amy Lowell 5,068 5,068 World War I and leaving England (1914–1921) 50 14,960 Meeting Eliot, Cathay, translation markup removed; cannot link (help) 4,870 4,870 "Three Cantos", resignation from Poetry 5,298 5,298 Hugh Selwyn Mauberley 4,742 4,742 Paris (1921–1924) 24 10,591 Meeting Hemingway, editing The Waste Land 2,883 2,883 Meeting Olga Rudge 775 775 Restarting The Cantos markup removed; cannot link (help) 6,909 6,909 Italy (1924–1939) 24 21,435 Birth of the children 5,447 5,447 The Exile, Dial poetry award 2,813 2,813 Antisemitism, social credit 4,938 4,938 Meeting Mussolini 4,445 4,445 Visit to America 3,768 3,768 World War II and radio broadcasts (1939–1945) 52 12,497 Letter-writing campaign 1,945 1,945 Radio broadcasts 4,782 4,782 Arrest for treason 5,718 5,718 United States (1945–1958) 32 19,098 St. Elizabeths Hospital 4,465 4,465 The Pisan Cantos, Bollingen Prize 4,006 4,006 Diagnosis 1,305 1,305 Mullins and Kasper 4,218 4,218 New Times articles 1,997 1,997 Release 3,075 3,075 Italy (1958–1972) 24 10,890 Depression 5,140 5,140 Meeting Ginsberg, Reck, and Russell 3,171 3,171 Death 2,555 2,555 Critical reception 23 9,485 Rehabilitation efforts, scholarship 5,034 5,034 Legacy 4,428 4,428 Selected works 7,618 7,618 See also 141 141 Explanatory notes 41 41 Citations 32 32 Works cited 34,278 34,278 Further reading 20 5,803 Articles 3,484 3,484 Audio and video 801 801 Books 1,498 1,498 External links 5,367 5,367 Total 200,203 200,203

The early large paragraph about Ezra Pounds support for the nazis has zero citations, sources, or examples in the entire paragraph. The only sourced bit is an innocuous part about "attacking" "finance capitalism." RandomEditor6772314 (talk) 14:15, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The paragraph you seem to be referring to is in the lead section, which is not required to have citations. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:29, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's quite odd that there's no citations of these bizarre criticisms. For instance, it is stated without evidence that doctors viewed Pound as a narcicist. Which doctors? Upon what basis? Where is the evidence? Or that he was unfit for a trial (for what)?

96.59.79.27 (talk) 96.59.79.27 (talk) 16:46, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi OP, as Nikki says, the lead is a summary of the main article body, and as long as the claims are referenced there, the lead doesn't need to do the same. The doctors opinions are explained and cited in the Ezra_Pound#Diagnosis section. Ceoil (talk) 17:54, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm surprised there is no mention Margaret Cravens in this article. There is an entire book about Pound's relationship with her here: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ezra_Pound_and_Margaret_Cravens/UDJbAAAAMAAJ?hl=en Best.4meter4 (talk) 11:55, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]