Ezra Pound's Adams Cantos

by David Ten Eyck

Book Overview

Ezra Pound transformed his style of poetry when he wrote The Adams Cantos in the 1920s. But what caused him to rethink his earlier writing techniques? Grounded in archival material, this study explores the extent to which Pound's poetry changed in response to his reading of 17th-century American History and the social climate of the pre-war period.

Drawing on the Ezra Pound papers, David Ten Eyck documents the changes to Pound's documentary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472567668
• ISBN13: 9781472567666
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"