ENGL 311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Imagism, William Carlos Williams, Petal
28 Mar 2018
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Read short story and write about it -- using 4 academic sources. Mla international library database catalogue -- gives all articles written upon the author. Working bibliography -- "join a discussion," keep distinct what has been written. Words in a poem that appeal to the senses, pictures are subjective. Brings about imagination through memory or the senses. Poets distinguish between the careful description of an object. Also used to describe all the figures of language of a poem, range of possible meanings regarding this term imagery. Imagism: a chapter of literary history, focus was to reduce poetry to clear, vivid, original images lead by ezra pound. A rebellion against victorian romantic conventions around content and form, focused on the business of finding images. Sacrificed all other elements of poetry to find an image -- getting rid of sound, rhythm and rhyme for imagery. Poetic vogue that flourished in england and america between 1912 and 1917.
