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ENGL 310: Modern Poetry

Lecture 08 - Imagism. The Imagist school is defined, in part through the prose of Ezra Pound. Representative examples of Imagist poetry are examined, particularly Hilda Doolittle's "Garden," "Sea Rose," and "Oread." Pound's early poem, "In a Station of the Metro," and Pound's comment on the poem's composition are studied as Imagist statements. His work with foreign languages, particularly Chinese, is considered in relation to Imagism in the poems "Jewel Stairs' Grievance" and "River Merchant's Wife: A Letter." (from oyc.yale.edu)

Lecture 08 - Imagism

Time Lecture Chapters
[00:00:00] 1. Introduction: Hilda Doolittle
[00:08:23] 2. What Was Imagism?
[00:18:58] 3. Hilda Doolittle Poems: "Garden" and "Sea Rose"
[00:25:33] 4. Hilda Doolittle Poem: "Oread"
[00:32:29] 5. Ezra Pound Poem: "In a Station of the Metro"
[00:40:48] 6. Li Po Poem Translation by Ezra Pound: "Jewel Stairs' Grievance"
[00:43:09] 7. Li Po Poem Translation by Ezra Pound: "River Merchant's Wife: A Letter"

References
Lecture 8 - Imagism
Instructor: Professor Langdon Hammer. Handout 6: Imagism [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov].

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Lecture 01 - Introduction
Lecture 02 - Robert Frost
Lecture 03 - Robert Frost (cont.)
Lecture 04 - William Butler Yeats
Lecture 05 - William Butler Yeats (cont.)
Lecture 06 - William Butler Yeats (cont.)
Lecture 07 - World War I Poetry in England
Lecture 08 - Imagism
Lecture 09 - Ezra Pound
Lecture 10 - T.S. Eliot
Lecture 11 - T.S. Eliot (cont.)
Lecture 12 - T.S. Eliot (cont.)
Lecture 13 - Hart Crane
Lecture 14 - Hart Crane (cont.)
Lecture 15 - Langston Hughes
Lecture 16 - William Carlos Williams
Lecture 17 - Marianne Moore
Lecture 18 - Marianne Moore (cont.)
Lecture 19 - Wallace Stevens
Lecture 20 - Wallace Stevens (cont.)
Lecture 21 - Wallace Stevens (cont.)
Lecture 22 - W. H. Auden
Lecture 23 - W. H. Auden (cont.)
Lecture 24 - Elizabeth Bishop
Lecture 25 - Elizabeth Bishop (cont.)