Richard Parker is an academic, editor and poet. He teaches English and American literature at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He has written a series of critical prose on twentieth-century poetry, with a particular emphasis on American modernism and the New American Poetry. He has edited two volumes of essays on Ezra Pound and is currently working on a monograph on the modernists during the 1960s. He is also working on sports literature, the history of the book and numerous other topics.

• AcknowledgementsPrefaceForewordChapter 1. The Ur Cantos (by Helen Carr)Chapter 2. Canto 1 (by Catherine Paul)Chapter 3. Canto 2 (by Peter Liebregts)Chapter 4. Canto 4 (by Henry Mead)Chapter 5. Canto 5 (by Caterina Ricciardi)Chapter 6. Canto 7 (by Walter Baumann)Chapter 7. Canto 8 (by Anderson Araujo)Chapter 8. Canto 11 (by Ronald Bush)Chapter 9. Canto 12 (by Aaron Jaffe)Chapter 10. Canto 13 (by Alexander Howard)Chapter 11. Cantos 14–15 (by Andrew Thacker)Chapter 12. Canto 17 (by Sean Pryor)Chapter 13. Cantos 18–19 (by Alec Marsh)Chapter 14. Canto 20 (by Rika Mihalka)Chapter 15. Canto 21 (by James Dowthwaite)Chapter 16. Canto 25 (by John Gery)Chapter 17. Canto 26 (by David Barnes)Chapter 18. Canto 29 (by Alex Pestell)Chapter 19. Canto 30 (by LeeAnn Derdeyn and Tim Redman)Chapter 20. Canto 32 (by Eric White)Chapter 21. Canto 35 (by Richard Parker)Chapter 22. Canto 36 (by Mark Byron)Chapter 23. Canto 37 (by Roxana Preda)Index

Reviews'The essays are clearly written and will be helpful both to those making their initial approach to The Cantos and to those who have lived with Pound’s poems for some time.' G. Grieve-Carlson, Choice

Richard Parker is an academic, editor and poet. He teaches English and American literature at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He has written a series of critical prose on twentieth-century poetry, with a particular emphasis on American modernism and the New American Poetry. He has edited two volumes of essays on Ezra Pound and is currently working on a monograph on the modernists during the 1960s. He is also working on sports literature, the history of the book and numerous other topics.

• AcknowledgementsPrefaceForewordChapter 1. The Ur Cantos (by Helen Carr)Chapter 2. Canto 1 (by Catherine Paul)Chapter 3. Canto 2 (by Peter Liebregts)Chapter 4. Canto 4 (by Henry Mead)Chapter 5. Canto 5 (by Caterina Ricciardi)Chapter 6. Canto 7 (by Walter Baumann)Chapter 7. Canto 8 (by Anderson Araujo)Chapter 8. Canto 11 (by Ronald Bush)Chapter 9. Canto 12 (by Aaron Jaffe)Chapter 10. Canto 13 (by Alexander Howard)Chapter 11. Cantos 14–15 (by Andrew Thacker)Chapter 12. Canto 17 (by Sean Pryor)Chapter 13. Cantos 18–19 (by Alec Marsh)Chapter 14. Canto 20 (by Rika Mihalka)Chapter 15. Canto 21 (by James Dowthwaite)Chapter 16. Canto 25 (by John Gery)Chapter 17. Canto 26 (by David Barnes)Chapter 18. Canto 29 (by Alex Pestell)Chapter 19. Canto 30 (by LeeAnn Derdeyn and Tim Redman)Chapter 20. Canto 32 (by Eric White)Chapter 21. Canto 35 (by Richard Parker)Chapter 22. Canto 36 (by Mark Byron)Chapter 23. Canto 37 (by Roxana Preda)Index

Reviews'The essays are clearly written and will be helpful both to those making their initial approach to The Cantos and to those who have lived with Pound’s poems for some time.' G. Grieve-Carlson, Choice

Richard Parker is an academic, editor and poet. He teaches English and American literature at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He has written a series of critical prose on twentieth-century poetry, with a particular emphasis on American modernism and the New American Poetry. He has edited two volumes of essays on Ezra Pound and is currently working on a monograph on the modernists during the 1960s. He is also working on sports literature, the history of the book and numerous other topics.

• AcknowledgementsPrefaceForewordChapter 1. The Ur Cantos (by Helen Carr)Chapter 2. Canto 1 (by Catherine Paul)Chapter 3. Canto 2 (by Peter Liebregts)Chapter 4. Canto 4 (by Henry Mead)Chapter 5. Canto 5 (by Caterina Ricciardi)Chapter 6. Canto 7 (by Walter Baumann)Chapter 7. Canto 8 (by Anderson Araujo)Chapter 8. Canto 11 (by Ronald Bush)Chapter 9. Canto 12 (by Aaron Jaffe)Chapter 10. Canto 13 (by Alexander Howard)Chapter 11. Cantos 14–15 (by Andrew Thacker)Chapter 12. Canto 17 (by Sean Pryor)Chapter 13. Cantos 18–19 (by Alec Marsh)Chapter 14. Canto 20 (by Rika Mihalka)Chapter 15. Canto 21 (by James Dowthwaite)Chapter 16. Canto 25 (by John Gery)Chapter 17. Canto 26 (by David Barnes)Chapter 18. Canto 29 (by Alex Pestell)Chapter 19. Canto 30 (by LeeAnn Derdeyn and Tim Redman)Chapter 20. Canto 32 (by Eric White)Chapter 21. Canto 35 (by Richard Parker)Chapter 22. Canto 36 (by Mark Byron)Chapter 23. Canto 37 (by Roxana Preda)Index

Reviews'The essays are clearly written and will be helpful both to those making their initial approach to The Cantos and to those who have lived with Pound’s poems for some time.' G. Grieve-Carlson, Choice