The Cantos of Ezra Pound is the most important epic poem of the twentieth century.

At last, a definitive, paperback edition of Ezra Pound's finest work.

This selection from the Cantos was made by Ezra Pound himself in 1965. It is intended to "indicate main elements" in the long poem -- his personal epic -- with

Ezra Pound spent most of his life in Italy and wrote about it incessantly in his poetry. Only by following his footsteps, acquaintances and composition processe