Ezra Pound: The Cantos

George Kearns (Author)

9780521336499, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 23 November 1989

136 pages, 1 table
19.5 x 12.8 x 1 cm, 0.15 kg

Pound's 800 page Cantos, written over a period of more than fifty years (1917–1969), invites the reader to join the poet on a journey from darkness and despair towards light and positive activity. In this book, George Kearns addresses the reader approaching The Cantos for the first time. He examines the poem's aesthetic and political-ethical-didactic dimensions and shows that despite its complexity and the many objections which can be raised to its poetics and politics, its study can be greatly rewarding.

Preface
List of abbreviations
Chronology
1. Towards reading The Cantos
2. Instalments
3. Representative figures
4. Dissemination.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: poetry & poets [DSC]