Fascist Language in The Adams Cantos of Ezra Pound

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Journal of American Studies Turkey
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Fascist Language in The Adams Cantos of Ezra Pound

Fascist Language in The Adams Cantos of Ezra Pound

Authors : Nick SELBY

Pages : 61-72

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Publication Date : 1995-10-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :In the middle of his epic poem The Cantos, Ezra Pound devotes eighty pages to retelling the life of one of America`s founding fathers, its second president, John Quincey Adams. This paper argues that this section of the poem, Cantos LXII to LXXII, known as The Adams Cantos, demonstrates Pound`s belief that the American Revolution should be seen as an exemplary `text` for a twentieth century cultural revival. However, it is also argued that The Adams Cantos mark a turning towards an authoritarian discourse of history, one that propels Pound inexorably towards advocacy of Mussolini`s Fascism.
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