The Cantos is a long modernist poem by Ezra Pound, written in 109 canonical sections in addition to a number of drafts and fragments added as a supplement at the request of the poem's …

The Cantos, collection of poems by Ezra Pound, who began writing these more or less philosophical reveries in 1915. The first were published in Poetry magazine in 1917; through …

The word “canto” means “song” in Italian, but the first examples of cantos date back to the time of Homer when epics were recited orally. Cantos are used for epic poems such as Homer’s …

Ezra Pound referred to The Cantos as, variously, ‘an epic including history’ and, with more muted self-praise, a ‘ragbag’. Yet although it is undeniably a ragbag, there are a number of key …

Detail of a 14th-century manuscript of Dante Alighieri's Commedia, a three-part poem (Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso) that was divided into 100 cantos. The canto (Italian pronunciation: …

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The Cantos Project is dedicated to the research of Ezra Pound's long poem The Cantos

The Cantos, a sprawling modernist poem by Ezra Pound, defies conventional narrative structure. It comprises approximately 120 individual poems, each termed a "canto."

Pound wrote The Cantos over several decades, with the first canto published in 1917 and later cantos being added until his death in 1972. The Cantos is known for its complex structure and …

May 17, 2024 · Cantos, also known as odes, are a type of long poem that has been popular in Western literature since the ancient Greeks. Historically, cantos were written to honor an …