Canzoni & Ripostes / Whereto are appended the Complete Poetical Works of T.E. Hulme

The volume gathers lyric pieces by Ezra Pound—canzoni, sonnets, ballate, madrigals, sestinas and translations—followed by the complete poetical works of T. E. Hulme. Poems move between formal experiments in medieval and classical stanza forms and concise imagistic pieces, shifting through mythic invocation, erotic yearning, ritual address and elegy. Frequent classical and religious allusion is paired with concentrated sensory detail and terse epigrams, producing contrasts of ceremonial grandeur and intimate observation. The collection thus maps a range of moods and techniques while testing the discipline of poetic form and the possibilities of translation and adaptation.