Imagism and vorticism of Ezra Pound

• Izolda Geniusiene ^[1]
  1. [1] Kaunas University (Lithuania)
• Localización: The Grove: Working papers on English studies, ISSN 1137-005X, Nº 14, 2007, págs. 85-103
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The article is devoted to elucidation of the early period of Ezra Pound’s work, with a particular emphasis laid upon the following collections: A Lume Spento, A Quinzaine for this Yule, as well as on the somewhat later collections, titled Personae and Lustra. Exclusive attention is paid to Ezra Pound’s role in initiating and promulgating the modernist trends of Imagism and Vorticism. The poet’s insistence on the necessity of toughness, sculpture-like precision and the absence of unnecessary ornaments in New Poetry is faithfully adhered to in the process of the analysis of his poetry. The article is devoted to the task of showing the effects of the movement, which always strove towards perfection, paradoxes and rapid changes to be encountered in the poetry written by the major Modernist writer. The article also aims at the unfolding of the preeminent role of language in creating the meaning of Ezra Pound’s oeuvre.