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Ezra pound was a geniusfor alan belowhis pronunciation was influenced by the years he spent with yeats as a young man, and the time he spent with the younger basil bunting later designated as his reader for the cantos in rapallo in the thirtiesits the music that he wanted to play. Cantos 74120 vol 2 by c f terrell 19920701 and read a companion to the cantos of ezra pound. The genesis of ezra pounds cantos princeton university press. The cantos of ezra pound by ezra pound, 97808112264, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook.
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