'One a bird bore off': Anglo-Saxon and the elegaic in The 'Cantos'

C  Jones

'One a bird bore off': Anglo-Saxon and the elegaic in The 'Cantos'

C Jones

School of English

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Abstract

This article provides an explanation and context for Pound's quotation from the Old English poem 'The Wanderer' at the start of 'Canto 27' and discusses the previously unacknowledged stylistic and rhythmical debts to Old English in 'Canto 28'. The article argues that Pound sees this 'saxonist' style specifically as elegiac and deploys it accordingly.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	91-98
Number of pages	8
Journal	Paideuma
Volume	30
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - Dec 2001

Keywords

Ezra Pound
Cantos
Anglo-Saxon Poetry
elegy

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'One a bird bore off': Anglo-Saxon and the elegaic in The 'Cantos'

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