詹姆斯·劳林是美国著名的新方向出版社的创始人,曾出版了许多重要作家的作品,为文学和出版界做出了巨大贡献。劳林是埃兹拉·庞德的终生崇拜者。二战期间,尽管庞德遭受种种非议,他还是出版了包括《比萨诗章》在内的许多庞德的文学作品。1949年庞德获博林根奖后,劳林在读者和学界中宣传庞德,设法将其重新塑造成一位伟大的诗人。 James Laurin is the founder of the famous New Directions Press in the United States. He has published works by many important writers and made great contributions to literature and publishing. Lorraine is a lifelong admirer of Ezra Pound. During World War II, despite all the criticisms of Pound, he also published many of Pound’s literary works, including The Psalm of Poems. After Pound won the Bollinger prize in 1949, Lorraine publicized Pound in his readers and academics, trying to reform it into a great poet.