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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 ... more

     

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      About the Book

      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.

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      • Media: Paperback Book, 896 pages
      • Language: English
      • Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation (Jun. 30th, 1996)
      • ISBN-10: 0811213269
      • ISBN-13: 9780811213264
      • Dimensions: 5.39 x 7.96 x 1.48 inches
      • Shipping Weight: 1.89 lbs
      • Categories: General American Poetry

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