...The chapter first considers the unique, controversial role of the Adams Cantos (62-71) overall, completed in 1939, citing critics who dismiss them as rushed, opaque, and politically suspect, as well as those who praise their inventive documentary poetics, non-traditional approach to American...

...Writing the Adams Cantos in the 1920s, entre deux guerres, Ezra Pound abruptly changes his poetic style to reflect his engagements with John Adams’ political works and correspondence. What doesn’t change is Pound’s commitment to political activism regarding...