All great art is born of the metropolis.

Ezra Pound

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Cities Rural vs. urban

Author

Ezra Pound

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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United States

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Citation

Pound, Ezra. Letter to Harriet Monroe. 7 Nov. 1913.

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We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts.

Sigmund Freud

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Source
Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis
Medium
Lecture
Genre
Psychological literature
Language
German
Time
1917 1910s 20th century
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Original Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Einführung in die Psychoanalyse [Introduction to Psychoanalysis]. 1915-1917, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, lecture 1. Lecture series.

Current Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis. W. W. Norton & Company, 1977, lecture 1.

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The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.

Willa Cather

O Pioneers!

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Nature of history History Nations

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Willa Cather
Source
O Pioneers!
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1913 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Cather, Willa. O Pioneers! Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913, pt. 1, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Cather, Willa. O Pioneers, edited by Sharon O'Brien. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007, pt. 1, ch. 5.