Hear Ezra Pound Read From His "Cantos," Some of the Great Poetic Works of the 20th Century

Hear Ezra Pound Read From His “Cantos,” Some of the Great Poetic Works of the 20th Century

No student of modernism, no lover of modern poetry, can avoid Ezra Pound, or the problem that is Ezra Pound. Although a notorious and enthusiastic booster of Mussolini’s Italian state during the Second World War, Pound’s influence over the shape and character of American literature in the early 20th century always seems to trump his regrettable, … Continue reading Hear Ezra Pound Read From His “Cantos,” Some of the Great Poetic Works of the 20th Century