Imagist Poetry
Imagist Poetry by Peter Jones, published by Penguin Adult on March 29, 2001, is a comprehensive exploration of the Imagism movement, which emerged in the early 1900s as a reaction against the conventions of late nineteenth-century poetry. This edition spans 192 pages and is presented in English, offering readers insights into the characteristics that define Imagist poetry, such as brevity, precision, and a focus on vivid imagery. The book delves into the complexities of this influential movement, highlighting the perspectives of key figures like Ezra Pound.
In this work, readers will find an examination of how Imagism sought to strip away superfluous language to reveal the essence of poetic expression. Jones discusses the movement’s emphasis on clarity and directness, illustrating how these principles continue to resonate in contemporary poetic practices. The anthology encompasses a range of American and European poets, providing a rich context for understanding the evolution of poetry during this transformative period.
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Imagism was a brief, complex yet influential poetic movement of the early 1900s, a time of reaction against late nineteenth-century poetry which Ezra Pound, one of the key imagist poets, described as �a doughy mess of third-hand Keats, Wordsworth � half-melted, lumpy�. In contrast, imagist poetry, although riddled with conflicting definitions, was broadly characterized by brevity, precision, purity of texture and concentration of meaning: as Pound stated, it should �use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something � it does not use images as ornaments. The image itself is the speech�. It was this freshness and directness of approach which means that, as Peter Jones says in his invaluable Introduction, �imagistic ideas still lie at the centre of our poetic practice�.
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