- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 The Ur-Cantos
- 2 Canto 1
- 3 Canto 2
- 4 Canto 4
- 5 Canto 5
- 6 Canto 7
- 7 Canto 8
- 8 Canto 11
- 9 Canto 12
- 10 Canto 13
- 11 Cantos 14–15
- 12 Canto 17
- 13 Cantos 18–19
- 14 Canto 20
- 15 Canto 21
- 16 Canto 25
- 17 Canto 26
- 18 Canto 29
- 19 Canto 30
- 20 Canto 32
- 21 Canto 35
- 22 Canto 36
- 23 Canto 37
- Notes
- Index
Cantos 14–15
Cantos 14–15
- Chapter:
- (p.145) 11 Cantos 14–15
- Source:
- Readings in the Cantos: Volume I
- Author(s):
Andrew Thacker
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
This chapter discusses Cantos 14 and 15 of Ezra Pound's Cantos, which are known as the 'Hell' Cantos. These depict what Pound saw as the state of England immediately after the end of World War One, which he saw as a world dominated by a corrupt press and government. 'Hell' is here filtered through a version of Dante's Inferno, with Pound making the degradation of language and communication central to his vision, employing an extensive use of scatology and offensive imagery to represent London in 1919. The chapter considers the effectiveness of Pound's message, in its use of style and imagery, and the circumstances of the poem's publication in a small deluxe print run.
Keywords: Ezra Pound, Cantos, Hell, the press, London, Dante
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 The Ur-Cantos
- 2 Canto 1
- 3 Canto 2
- 4 Canto 4
- 5 Canto 5
- 6 Canto 7
- 7 Canto 8
- 8 Canto 11
- 9 Canto 12
- 10 Canto 13
- 11 Cantos 14–15
- 12 Canto 17
- 13 Cantos 18–19
- 14 Canto 20
- 15 Canto 21
- 16 Canto 25
- 17 Canto 26
- 18 Canto 29
- 19 Canto 30
- 20 Canto 32
- 21 Canto 35
- 22 Canto 36
- 23 Canto 37
- Notes
- Index
