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AMERICANMODERNISM
1914-1946
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AFTER THE GREAT WAR
• The devastation of World War I brought about an end to the sense of optimism that characterized the years leading up to the war.
• This more negative, or realistic, view of the world, and the technological advances, gave birth to Modernism
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MODERNISM
• Modernist artists tried to capture the essence of modern life.
• They reflected the fragmentation of the modern world by making their works a fragment, or slice, of life.
• They often got rid of the exposition and explanations found in most stories, and even had pieces that never resolved.
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MODERNIST POETS
• Modernist poets abandoned traditional poetry forms and meters and embraced free verse.
• They felt that by writing free verse they could better capture the unpredictable nature of life.
• The theme or meaning of their work was usually implied instead of directly stated.
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WORK FOR IT
• The lack of obvious meaning or themes created a sense of uncertainty, much like the uncertainty of life.
• It also forced readers to draw their own conclusions about the works.
• Modernists demanded more from their readers than earlier American writers.
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THE IMAGISTS
• An offshoot of Modernism was the Imagist Poetry movement, which lasted from 1909 to 1917.
• Instead of focusing on telling a story, Imagists created hard, clear, concrete images, using the language of everyday speech.
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H.D.• H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)
• 1886-1961
• Poet friend Ezra Pound submitted three of her poems to Poetry magazine under the name “H.D., Imagiste”
• And that’s how the Imagist movement was born.
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EZRA POUND
• (1885-1972)
• Was both a poet and an editor.
• Insisted that poets “make it new,” which inspired writers to go beyond the normal conventions and styles.
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POETRY BY THE POUND“In a Station of the Metro”
by Ezra Pound
The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough
Yeah, that’s it.This poem began as 30 lines, but Pound edited it down to only these
two lines, getting rid of anything that didn’t help create the image.
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WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS
• 1883-1963• He focused on
capturing the essence of modern American life by depicting ordinary people, objects and experiences using current, everyday language.
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“The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams
so much dependsupon
a red wheel barrow
glazed with rainwater
beside the whitechickens.
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“This is Just to Say” by William Carlos Williams
I have eatenthe plumbsthat were inthe iceboxand whichyou were probablysavingfor breakfast
Forgive methey were deliciousso sweetand so cold
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“Pear Tree” by H.D.
Silver dustlifted from the earth,higher than my arms reach,you have mounted,O silverhigher than my arms reachyou front us with great mass;
no flower ever openedso staunch a white leaf,no flower ever parted silverfrom such rare silver;
O white pear,your flower-tuftsthick on the branchbring summer and ripe fruitsin their purple hearts.
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“Heat” by H.D.O wind, rend open the heat,cut apart the heat,rend it to tatters.
Fruit cannot dropthrough this thick air-fruit cannot fall into heatthat presses up and bluntsthe points of pearsand rounds the grapes.
Cut the heat-plow through it,turning it on either sideof your path.