A guide to the cantos of Ezra Pound
By: William Cookson.
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: Anvil Press Poetry
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: Pound, Ezra, -- 1885-1972; Pound, Ezra, -- 1885-1972 -- Criticism and interpretation
Description: "In this guide to one of the most difficult yet rewarding poems of the twentieth century, William Cookson (who began corresponding with Pound as a schoolboy in 1957) draws on a deep and intimate knowledge of Pound's life and work. This edition incorporates new information and has been revised and expanded. William Cookson gives overviews to the various sections of the poem, clarifying its purpose and structure and explaining the views on literature, history and economics that inform Pound's poetry. His commentary on each canto addresses the major stumbling-blocks for readers by translating foreign phrases, identifying quotations and explaining allusions."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Previous ed.: London : Croom Helm ; New York : Persea Books, 1985.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-287).