TheLettersofEzraPound.pptVIP

Ezra Pound (埃兹拉·庞德) 1885—1972 英语2班 130151054 韦欢 130151056 李雪 130191053 张丹 130151040 常立昊 The Imagist Movement (Imagism) Led by Ezra Pound and flourished from 1909 to 1917, the movement advanced modernism in arts which concentrated on reforming the medium of poetry as opposed to Romanticism. Members of the movement included Hilda Doolittle, Richard Aldington, F.S. Flint, T.E. Hulme, John Gould Fletcher, Harriet Monroe, Amy Lowell, whom Pound did not consider an imagist, but called her attempts “Amygism”. The three principles followed by the Imagists: (1) Direct treatment (2) Economy of expression (3) “Freedom in verse “Direct treatment” A precise visual image Simple language No fuss, frill or ornament ?To use the language of common speech, but to employ the exact word, not the nearly-exact, nor the merely decorative word. “Economy of expression” To use absolutely no word that does contribute to the presentation. Language concentrated, no drawing of conclusion and no explanations. “Freedom in verse” Breaking away from the conventional forms. The rhythm composed in sequence of the musical phrase(乐句), not in sequence of a metronome(节拍). Historic Position A leading spokesman of the “Imagist Movement” One of the most influential American poets and critic A chief architect of English and American literary modernism The Father of the American Modern Poetry The life of Pound born in Hailey, Idaho grew up and was educated mainly in Pennsylvania. In 1901 at the age of 15, he entered the University of Pennsylvania two years later, transferred to Hamilton College the University of Pennsylvania Hamilton College The life of Pound In 1905 returned to the University of Pennsylvania for graduate studies and received M.A. degree a year after. Moved to Europe in 1908 and first lived in Venice. In 1909 founded a school of poetry---“imagism” Ezra married the artist Dorothy Shakespear in 1914. The life of Pound In 1920, he moves to Paris, then settled