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Modernism & Imagism

Modernism & Imagism. Early 20 th century. Modernism. Early 20 th century movement Virginia Woolf: human nature went through a fundamental change “on or about December 1910” – fervent desire to break with the past

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Modernism & Imagism

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  1. Modernism & Imagism Early 20th century

  2. Modernism • Early 20th century movement • Virginia Woolf: human nature went through a fundamental change “on or about December 1910” – fervent desire to break with the past • Writers reject literary traditions/norms that no longer seemed to suit an era of technological breakthroughs and global violence • WWI (1914 – 1918): end of European domination and the beginning of “The American Century” • F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby

  3. Imagism • Strand of Modernism, lasted from 1914 - 1917 • Manifesto of the movement: “to use the language of common speech, but to employ always the exact word, not the nearly-exact, nor the merely decorative” • Aimed to replace muddy abstractions with exactness of observed detail, apt metaphors, and economy of language • Poets: Amy Lowell, William Carlos Williams, Hilda Doolittle, Ezra Pound

  4. Ezra Pound “That which presents an intellectual and emotional complex in an instant of time.” In a Station of the Metro The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.

  5. A London Thoroughfare 2 a.m. • What do you notice about Lowell’s diction in this poem? Circle examples of diction that supports her message. • Discuss the poem’s structure: where does Lowell break lines, and how does she use punctuation? Make notes on your copy of examples of how her structure supports her meaning (ex: “Cabs go down it/One,/ And then another” emphasizes each individual cab, but also the never-ending supply of cabs that fills the city) • Using your glossary of poetic terms, find at least 3 other poetic devices that Lowell uses. Underline these devices, and discuss with your group how these devices support Lowell’s meaning.

  6. This is just to say I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold

  7. Picky eater I made salad for dinner and there are more than a few mushrooms which I know you so dislike My desire to make you happy was overrun by my desire to say there’s a fungus among us

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