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2. Ezra Pound ( A-^;: • )^g, 1885-1973 . ^[lili^A , fF l^lO Ezra Pound is regarded cis tlie father of modern American poetry . Tlie 116 Cun- 1 1 tus (((i. ] ^)) that he published between 1916 and 1969 made him the most impor- Inut single figur e i n American poetry of the twentieth century . In tlie Canto , a fre- quently read poem is //i u Metro Station (()til %% 4)) • 3. Francis Scott Fitzgerald (•JtStOirWt • n-lM.T • S^^-fc^^^tt.lS^—IMO, ^|ill»%4o Fitzgerald wa s th e leader of the Jazz Age and one of the best American writer s of the 20th century . He attende d Irincelon University , whil e left in 1917 and enlisted in the army . In an armv camp lie met Zeida Sayre and fell in love wit h tier who became th e model for most the pretty heroines of his later fiction . In 1921, Fitzgerald and Zeida were married and settled on Ling Island and led an extravagant life . In 1925 , he pub- lished hi s third novel The Great Cutsby ( ((T^/tS^J.^U^tt,)) ) , a masterpiece relat- ed with irony and disillusionment of the American Dream. In 1934, he published hi s second masterpiece Tender Is the Night ( CfXfetS^R)) • The Great Gatsby The story is told in the first person by Nick Carraway, a quiet young Midwes- lerner. In 1922, Nick leaves home to do business in New York City. He rents a small house, in West Egg and next door to his house is the enormous house of Mr. Gatsby. On evening . Nick dine