"The Cantos by Ezra Pound is a long, incomplete poem in 116 sections, each of which is a canto. Most of it was written between 1915 and 1962, although much of the early work was abandoned and the early cantos, as finally published, date from 1922 onwards. It is a book-length work, widely considered to be an intense and challenging read. The Cantos is generally considered one of the most significant works of modernist poetry in the 20th century. As in Pound's prose writing, the themes of economics, governance and culture are integral to the work's content. The most striking feature of the text, to a casual browser, is the inclusion of Chinese characters as well as quotations in European languages other than English. ..."
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Guardian - Ezra Pound: Posthumous Cantos edited by Massimo Bacigalupo review – fresh insights into an epic masterpiece
Cantos 1, 4, and 84 by Ezra Pound (Video)
New Republic - The Case of Ezra Pound (April 1, 1957)
A Short Analysis of Ezra Pound’s The Cantos
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YouTube: Canto I, Canto 81, Canto XLV (With Usura), Canto XLV, Canto LXXXI
Ezra Pound in Venice, Italy, in 1964.
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