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Ezra Pound, Imagism, And The Influence Of The Orient
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Few students of literature and poetry would describe the works of Ezra Pound as easily accessible, yet as with any other artist we may perhaps shed some light on his difficult canon by examining some interrelated topics that were central to hi .... Middle of Term Paper ... in mind, let us examine what we know about Imagism as a movement and a philosophy.
The doctrine, which came to be known as Imagism is guided by three simple tenets, set forth by Pound, “H.D.” (Hilda Doolittle), and Richard Aldington in 1912. The first states that the “thing” dealt with will be done so directly, whether subjectively or objectively (Spirit of Romance p.219). Pound insisted that the poem must present to the reader an active image, not a mere description of events or setting. Pound’s model for his directness was the prose of nineteenth century French authors such as Flaubert and DeMaupassant (Hakatuni p.48-49).
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