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Three phases of imagism
Content of Imagism
Origin of Imagism
Three phrases of imagism
The origins of Imagism are found in two poems, Autumn and A City Sunset by T.E.Hulme. These were published in January 1909 by the Poet’s Club in London.
(1)Ezra pound was born in 1885 in Hailey, Idaho, and brought up in Pennsylvania.
(2)After college in Pennsylvania and a brief stint as a teacher, in 1908 Pound travelled to Venice and then to London.
It stressed free choice of subject matters (often dealing with single, concentrated moments of experience), concreteness of imagery, musical phrases, economy of expression, and the use of a dominant image. It aimed at instantaneous effect, visual and concise.
The second phase of the movement was the period of some three years (1912—1914) when Ezra pound took over and championed the new poetry.
In 1914, Pound turned from Imagism to Vorticism. Since Pound left Imagism, Amy Lowell carried on leading that movement and caught up with several principled propositions.
Famous poems: In a Station of the Metro
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Imagism （1909——1917）
Imagism is a poetic movement of England and the United States, which flourished from 1909 to 1917. it is a branch of the symbolism literary movement which was used chiefly in The Western World during that time.
(6) Enamored with Benito Mussolini, Pound made anti-American radio broadcasts during World War II. He was arrested as a traitor in 1945. (7) In 1958 he returned to Italy, where he continued to write and make translations until he died in 1972.
Imagism
T.E.Hulme suggests that modern art should deal with expressions and communication of momentary phases in the poets’ minds. And poetic techniques should become subtle enough to record exactly the momentary impressions.
Ezra Pound
（1855 – 1972）
(1) Pound’s life experiences (2) Pound’s major works (3) Pound and Imagism (4) Juxtaposition and Superposition of the images
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Pound’s major works
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A Lume Spento (1908) 《灯火熄灭之时》 Cathy (1915) Homage to Sextus Propertius (1917)《向塞克斯图斯·普罗佩提乌斯致敬》 Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920) 《休·赛尔温·毛伯利》 Cantos
(3) In 1912 he appointed himself foreign editor of poetry.
(4) In 1913 pound became the literary executor of Ernest Fenollosa (1853—1908).
(5) He moved to Paris in 1920, and then settled in Italy in 1924.
“Each word must be an image seen.” “Each sentence should be a lump; a piece of clay, a vision seen.”
Pound’s definition: “An ‘Image’ is that which presents an intellectual and emotional complex in an instant of time.”