The booklet, 300 copies of which were printed, contains six of Pound's cultural broadcasts: "e. e. cummings," "e. e. cummings/examind", "James Joyce: to his memory", "A french accent", "Canto 45", and "Blast." It was the first time any of Pound's broadcasts had been published. The publication was an attempt by Rudge to exonerate Pound of the charges.[5]
Pound continued to broadcast for the fascists until he was arrested by American forces in Italy in May 1945.[6] He spent 13 years in custody, including over 12 years in St. Elizabeth's psychiatric hospital in Washington, D.C. When he was released in May 1958, he returned to live in Italy, where he died and was buried in 1972.[7]
^Swift, Daniel (2017). The Bughouse: The Poetry, Politics, and Madness of Ezra Pound. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 245–247, 251, 255–256. ISBN978-0-374-28404-6