美国文学ChapterSixImagism.pptVIP

Imagism Imagism(1912-17) :  the doctrine and poetic practice of a small but influential group of American and British poets calling themselves Imagists or Imagistes between 1912to 1917. The group rejected the most 19th century poetry as cloudy verbiage(啰嗦，冗长), and aimed at a new clarity(明晰) and exactness（精确）in the short lyric poem.  Influenced by the Japanese Haiku（俳句）and partly by ancient Chinese and Greek lyrics, the imagists cultivated concision（简洁） and directness（直接）, building their short poems around single images; they also preferred lo