Prison is supposed to be “correctional,” in the sense that the people who enter it should emerge with a new and preferably more law-abiding view on life. While no one wants to go to prison, when writers are sentenced to stays in the slammer, they often use the boredom, terror, and truly bad food of the system as grist […]
The Cantos of Ezra Pound is the most important epic poem of the twentieth century. Delmore Schwartz said about The Cantos: "They are one of the touchstones of modern poetry." William Carlos WIlliams said "[Pound] discloses history by its odor, by the feel of it—in the words; fuses it with the words, present and past, to MAKE his Cantos. Make them." Since the 1969 revised edition, the Italian Cantos LXXII and LXXIII (as well as a 1966 fragment concluding the work) have been added. Now appearing for the first time is Pound's recently found Eglish translation of Italian Canto LXXII.
1000062467
The Cantos of Ezra Pound
The Cantos of Ezra Pound is the most important epic poem of the twentieth century. Delmore Schwartz said about The Cantos: "They are one of the touchstones of modern poetry." William Carlos WIlliams said "[Pound] discloses history by its odor, by the feel of it—in the words; fuses it with the words, present and past, to MAKE his Cantos. Make them." Since the 1969 revised edition, the Italian Cantos LXXII and LXXIII (as well as a 1966 fragment concluding the work) have been added. Now appearing for the first time is Pound's recently found Eglish translation of Italian Canto LXXII.
29.95
In Stock
5
1
The Cantos of Ezra Pound
896The Cantos of Ezra Pound
896Paperback(Reprint)
$29.95
29.95
In Stock
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780811213264 |
---|---|
Publisher: | New Directions Publishing Corporation |
Publication date: | 06/17/1996 |
Series: | New Directions Books |
Edition description: | Reprint |
Pages: | 896 |
Sales rank: | 408,382 |
Product dimensions: | 5.40(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.50(d) |
About the Author
What People are Saying About This
From the B&N Reads Blog