The Thirty-Seventh Canto once again is set (if setting is the right term to use) in America. It opens with Martin Van Buren, which is appropriate for his obsessions. During the aristocratic Van Buren’s presidency, the national bank (established by Founding Father and then Secretary of the Treasury). It goes on about the early days of financial speculation of in America.

Frankly, when Pound moves away from classical references and to his spiritual home in Italy, he becomes less interesting.