Imagism and Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound was one of the greatest poets of the modern era, creating a literary movement known as “imagism.” Pound coined the term in 1912 to assist Hilda Doolittle (H.D.) in the marketing of some of her poems. Doolittle was an unknown author, and Pound decided that her work would be accepted more easily if she were identified with a group of poets (Dettmar/Watt), such as Richard Aldington and F.S. Flint (“Imagists”). Imagists focused mainly on the “clarity of expression through the use of precise visual images” (“Imagism”). T.E. Hulme’s critical views inspired the movement, as imagists were revolting against the “careless thinking and Romantic optimism” Hulme generally saw (“Imagists”). Imagism also drew on
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