Samantha Monnett English 11 Literature of America April 27‚ 2012 The Life of a So Called Lesbian Amy Lowell was born in Brookline‚ Massachusetts on February 9‚ 1874. She was the daughter of Augustus Lowell and Katherine Bigelow Lawrence. Both her mother and father were from New England aristocrats. Aristocrats are wealthy and prominent members of society. Her father‚ Augustus‚ was a businessman‚ civic leader‚ and horticulturalist. Lowell’s mother‚ Katherine‚ was an accomplished musician
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MONDAY‚ 29 DECEMBER 2008 Death of a Hero by Richard Aldington Death of a Hero was published in 1929 but despite the time lag is very much a product of the First World War‚ in which Aldington fought‚ was wounded‚ and became recognised as a war poet. Incidentally‚ the distinction of becoming acknowledged both as a novelist and as a poet is a rare one. One thinks of Emily Bronte‚ Thomas Hardy and Lawrence Durrell (with whom Aldington would conduct a famous literary correspondence later in life)‚ but
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arts soon crossed the English Channel‚ as instanced by the abstraction and dynamism of Red Stone Dancer (1913-14) by the London-based vorticist sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. Other vorticists and modernists include such English-language writers as Ezra Pound‚ Wyndham Lewis‚ and Mina Loy‚ who also responded to the stimulus and challenge of the European avant-garde with
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poets’ works. In the circle of modernist poets‚ we can name among others Ezra Pound‚ Thomas Stearns Eliot‚ William Butler Yeats‚ Wallace Stevens‚ William Carlos Williams‚ Edward Estlin Cummings... Born in 1894 (October 14)‚ the latter was an American poet who deeply marked the history of literature namely through the modernist literary movement. Profoundly influenced by some famous figures such as Pablo Picasso‚ Ezra Pound‚ Gertrude Stein‚ he was actually very famous for his original style characterized
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modernism inspired new and revolutionary ideas‚ forming distinct poetic groups. Through modernism‚ came Imagism. Imagists rejected traditional poetry such as romantic and futurist and focused on the notion that less is more. Prominent imagist poet Ezra Pound believed‚ “It is better to present on Image in a lifetime than to produce voluminous works” (Caws‚ 356). Imagism was a movement of poets
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condition of British society.He employees many literary and cultural allusions from the western canon‚from Buddism and the Hindu Upanishad in the poem.Of course‚the waste land is not quite the poem Eliot originally drafted.His close friend and colleague‚Ezra Pound‚significantly revirsed the poem‚suggesting major cuts and compressing.The main features of the book are given below- Summary of the poem- The poem’s structure is divided in to five sections.In the first section‚ “The Burial of Death”‚the narrator-perhaps
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Robert Frost‚ an American author‚ wrote “Out‚ Out” to reflect his New England background and to entertain and teach his readers about life in general. Throughout his life he has been honored and awarded‚ he has also wrote quite a few poems‚ and has had more than his share of pain and suffering. Robert Frost was born in San Francisco‚ California on March 26‚ 1874. Two years after his father would be diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis and would later die in 1885‚ his mother would also die at a
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How is it best to honor a great star after it has fallen and past on to death? For some‚ a mere funeral and wake would suffice‚ but for other monument are erected‚ schools and workplaces closed‚ parade and moment of silence where attributed to. Others like the late great Ray Charles movies are and to commemorate and celebrate their achievements over the years. So what then would you do for a person that freed millions‚ and united a country? For Walt Whitman he felt the best way to honor such a "star"
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The “transitional poet” of the world known as Robert Lee Frost was born in San Francisco‚ California on March 26‚ 1874. His parents Isabelle Moodie and William Prescott Frost‚ Jr. Frost’s father was a journalist‚ teacher‚ and editor which helped contribute to Frost’s interest in literature and his later poetry career. Frost’s father died on May 5‚ 1885 from tuberculosis soon after the family moved across the country to Lawrence‚ Massachusetts with his grandfather‚ William Frost‚ Sr. Frost had troubles
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------------------------------------------------- Modernism In LiteraturePresentation Transcript * 1. Modernism in literature An overwiew of early 20th century literary trends * 2. Definition Modernism is a literary and cultural international movement which flourished in the first decades of the 20th century. Modernism is not a term to which a single meaning can be ascribed . It may be applied both to the content and to the form of a work‚ or to either in isolation. It reflects a sense of
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