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Selected Cantos, pages in all, contains what Pound called his "beauty spots": evocations of his heroes (from Chinese emperors to the Founding Fathers), cameos and critiques of his contemporaries (Yeats admiring the symbol of Notre Dame more than Notre Dame itself), and scabrous, unbeautiful visions of politicians, war profiteers, and "the perverts, the perverters of language" in hell. A signal Cited by: 3. This selection from the Cantos was made by Ezra Pound himself in It is intended to indicate main elements in the long poem––his personal epic––with which he was engaged for more than fifty years. His choice includes, of course, a number of the Cantos most admired by critics and anthologists, such as Canto XIII (“Kung [Confucius] walked by the dynastic temple ”), Canto XLV (“With usura hath no Estimated Reading Time: 50 secs. Selected Cantos. by POUND, EZRA. Seller. Hard To Find Books. Item Price. $ Show Details. Description: Faber and Faber Ltd octavo softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable.

Canto 1 is the first poem in a long sequence of cantos making up what the poet, Ezra Pound, conceived of as a twentieth century epic. Pound worked on the Cantos for nearly fifty years, weaving. Ezra Pound Quotes. Ezra Pound. Quotes. "Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.". "Literature is news that stays news.". Petals on a wet black bough.". "Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. Selected Cantos, pages in all, contains what Pound called his "beauty spots": evocations of his heroes (from Chinese emperors to the Founding Fathers), cameos and critiques of his contemporaries (Yeats admiring the symbol of Notre Dame more than Notre Dame itself), and scabrous, unbeautiful visions of politicians, war profiteers, and "the.

Selected cantos of Ezra Pound. , New Directions Pub. Corp. in English. aaaa. Borrow. Selected Cantos. by. Ezra Pound. · Rating details · ratings · 18 reviews. This selection from the Cantos was made by Ezra Pound himself in It is intended to "indicate main elements" in the long poem -- his personal epic -- with which he was engaged for more than fifty years. His choice includes, of course, a number of the Cantos most admired by critics and anthologists, such as Canto XIII ("Kung [Confucius] walked by the dynastic temple. Selected Cantos of Ezra Pound. London, Faber Faber, Softcover. Good.