Series: Blogging Pound's The Cantos

Blogging Pound’s The Cantos: Canto LXIV

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This entry is part 51 of 58 in the series Blogging Pound's The Cantos

Okay, time to get my shoulder back to the wheel, I think. I’m making another try at returning to the Cantos. It’s been a busy time, but not so busy I can’t do this a few days a week in the morning, as a warm-up to my own writing. At least, I hope I can do it.  This post is one in a series of readings I’m posting of each poem in Ezra Pound’s The Cantos, one (or a few) at a time. The readings are atypical, for reasons made clear in my first post in this series. I’m not sure whether …

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Blogging Pound’s The Cantos: Canto LXVI

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This entry is part 52 of 58 in the series Blogging Pound's The Cantos

This post is one in a series of readings I’m posting of each poem in Ezra Pound’s The Cantos, one (or a few) at a time. The readings are atypical, for reasons made clear in my first post in this series. I’m not sure whether the fiction project that inspired this series will ever come to fruition, but I’d like to try finish the Cantos just the same. There’s also an (updated) index of all the Cantos (and related sources) I’ve discussed so far. This is my third Cantos-posting in the space of a few weeks, after a long time away from it, …

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Blogging Pound’s The Cantos: Canto LXVII

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This entry is part 53 of 58 in the series Blogging Pound's The Cantos

This post is one in a series of readings I’m posting of each poem in Ezra Pound’s The Cantos, one (or a few) at a time. The readings are atypical, for reasons made clear in my first post in this series. I’m not sure whether the fiction project that inspired this series will ever come to fruition, but I’d like to try finish the Cantos just the same. There’s also an (updated) index of all the Cantos (and related sources) I’ve discussed so far. This is my fourth Cantos-posting this summer: hooray for momentum! Like Canto LXVI and all the remaining “Adams” Cantos, this …

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Blogging Pound’s The Cantos: Canto LXVIII

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This entry is part 54 of 58 in the series Blogging Pound's The Cantos

This post is one in a series of readings I’m posting of each poem in Ezra Pound’s The Cantos, one (or a few) at a time. The readings are atypical, for reasons made clear in my first post in this series. I’m not sure whether the fiction project that inspired this series will ever come to fruition, but I’d like to try finish the Cantos just the same. There’s also an (updated) index of all the Cantos (and related sources) I’ve discussed so far. This is my first post on the Cantos in eight months. I do hope to finish the Adams Cantos …

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Blogging Pound’s The Cantos: Cantos LXIX and LXX

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This entry is part 55 of 58 in the series Blogging Pound's The Cantos

This post is one in a series of readings I’m posting of each poem in Ezra Pound’s The Cantos, one (or a few) at a time. The readings are atypical, for reasons made clear in my first post in this series. I’m not sure whether the fiction project that inspired this series will ever come to fruition, but I’d like to try finish the Cantos just the same. There’s also an (updated) index of all the Cantos (and related sources) I’ve discussed so far. This is my second post on the Cantos after returnint to them following an eight month break. I do …

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Blogging Pound’s The Cantos: Canto LXXI

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This entry is part 56 of 58 in the series Blogging Pound's The Cantos

This post is one in a series of readings I’m posting of each poem in Ezra Pound’s The Cantos, one (or a few) at a time. The readings are atypical, for reasons made clear in my first post in this series. I’m not sure whether the fiction project that inspired this series will ever come to fruition, but I’d like to try finish the Cantos just the same. There’s also an (updated) index of all the Cantos (and related sources) I’ve discussed so far. Well, here we are, folks, at the final Adams Canto! It’s taken some time, but the coronavirus outbreak has …

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Blogging Pound’s The Cantos: Cantos LXXII and LXXIII (“The Fascist Cantos”)

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This entry is part 57 of 58 in the series Blogging Pound's The Cantos

…. and, we’re back.  Years ago, I started a series of posts covering each poem in Ezra Pound’s The Cantos, one (or a few) at a time. I’m picking up that series now, since I have a little time again. (Who knew having a kid would make someone so busy?) The readings are probably still going to remain atypical, not so much for the reasons made clear in my first post in this series as because atypical is my general approach to the Cantos. II seem to have abandoned the fiction project that inspired this series, but I’d like to …

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Blogging Pound’s The Cantos: Canto LXXIV

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This entry is part 58 of 58 in the series Blogging Pound's The Cantos

Right, I’m back. This is a series I started years ago. The series sat fallow for some time, but I’m taking it up again for now, for as long as I have time and energy to post and to study these poems. For those who’re new to the series, I recommend starting with the first post, and bearing in mind that I tend to post what I think are slightly atypical readings of  Ezra Pound’s book of poems, The Cantos. There’s also an (updated) index of all the Cantos (and related sources) I’ve discussed so far. Today’s selection is the first …

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