Readings in the Cantos

Description

The first in a landmark three-volume project, this book brings together some of the world's leading Pound and modernist scholars to read critically the quintessential long modernist poem, The Cantos. Each chapter approaches either a single canto or a defined small group of cantos, providing a clear, informative, and interpretive reading that includes an up-to-date assessment of sources and an idea of recent critical approaches to the work. Each essay includes relevant background about the canto's composition, source-hunting material explaining Pound's quotations and references, critical context, and correction of previous critical work on the canto. Contributors include Helen Carr, Stephen Romer, Ronald Bush, Aaron Jaffe, and Andrew Thacker. Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Foreword • John Gery Introduction • Richard Parker 1 The Ur-Cantos • Helen Carr 2 Canto 1 • Catherine Paul 3 Canto 2 • Peter Liebregts 4 Canto 4 • Henry Mead 5 Canto 5 • Caterina Ricciardi 6 Canto 7 • Walter Baumann 7 Canto 8 • Anderson Araujo 8 Canto 11 • Ronald Bush 9 Canto 12 • Aaron Jaffe 10 Canto 13 • Alexander Howard 11 Cantos 14–15 • Andrew Thacker 12 Canto 17 • Sean Pryor 13 Cantos 18–19 • Alec Marsh 14 Canto 20 • Réka Mihálka 15 Canto 21 • James Dowthwaite 16 Canto 25 • John Gery 17 Canto 26 • David Barnes 18 Canto 29 • Alex Pestell 19 Canto 30 • LeeAnn Derdeyn and Tim Redman 20 Canto 32 • Eric White 21 Canto 35 • Richard Parker 22 Canto 36 • Mark Byron 23 Canto 37 • Roxana Preda Notes Index