Meaning of Poundlike | Babel Free
Definitions
Resembling or characteristic of Ezra Pound (1885–1972), American modernist poet involved in developing imagism.
Examples
“To both Beckett and Orwell, a Poundlike injunction to make⟳ the novel "new" coupled with a faith in the (abstract) revolutionary power of autonomous art would have⟳ sounded hollow and naive, perhaps dangerously so.”
“And, as in Pound's case, his translations have⟳ been attacked by specialists—attacks that, like⟳ Pound, he has rejected with a Poundlike indignation.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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