ImagismFuLiSchoolofForeignLanguagesHITOriginatinginthephilosophyofT
Hulme,themovementsoonattractedEzraPound,whobecametheleaderofasmallgroupopposedtotheromanticconceptionofpoetryandinspiredbyGreekandRomanclassicsandbyChinese,Japanese,andmodernFrenchpoets
Theimagistpoetscalledfornewrhythms,clearimages,freechoiceofsubjectmatter,compressedpoeticexpression,anduseofcommonspeech
OriginationImagismisapoeticmovementofEnglandandtheUnitedStates,whichflourishedfrom1908to1917
Itscreed,expressedinSomeImagistPoets(1915),includedtheuseofthelanguageofcommonspeech,precision,thecreationofnewrhythms,absolutefreedominchoiceofsubjectmatter,theevocationofimagesinhard,clearpoetry,andconcentration
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