About the Author

William Cookson was a poet, critic and the founding editor of Agenda, which has since the 1960s championed the work of Ezra Pound, David Jones and Geoffrey Hill among other distinguished modern poets. He is the editor of 'Ezra Pound: Selected Prose 1909-1965' (1973.

Reviews

'This seems to me by far the best and most helpful book yet to appear on the Pound Cantos' - John Bayley in Poetry Review'An elegant, imaginative and original Guide for the new reader' - Michael Alexander in the Times Higher Education Supplement