Ford Madox Ford wrote some of the best English prose of the twentieth century, mastering and metamorphosing all its major forms. He was also an innovative and influential poet, as well as the century's greatest literary editor. He collaborated with Joseph Conrad, modernized Ezra Pound, and his admirers range from Graham Greene to Gore Vidal. his studies are as fresh as they are minute ... this is a celebration that could go on indefinitely, always intelligent, always considerate, always affectionate