Philip Janikowski

o Took place between In Europe o Took place between in America -Catered to the need to break oneself from the past and look towards the future. -Writers often times rejected literary traditions that seemed outdated and diction that seemed too proper and subtle to suit an era of technological advancements and global violence (WWI). o Life took a faster pace and poets wanted to reflect this within their writing.

o Writings and poets majorly influenced by the emergence of new art forms. -Artists and thinkers began converging in European cities as well as cities in general and a melding of the arts occurred. o It was an era influenced by the critical mind -Major artist and writers were questioning and re- inventing their art forms. -Artist developed more “modern” ways of thinking, and thus created this new artphilosophy.

o Modernist poetry had a major influence on the visual arts. -Collages, symbols began appearing within poetry. o Poets such as Ezra Pound also wrote operas and musical scores using modernist poet techniques.

o Known to be the originator of the modernist form of poetry. o Promoted Imagism. -Derived from the techniques of classical Chinese and Japanese poetry favoring clarity and straight forward diction vs. traditional rhyme and meter.

o Born on October 30, 1885 in Idaho, United States of America. o Got accepted and began studying at Penn State at age of 15. -While studying there he met and befriended William Carlos Williams as well as H.D. o Greatly influenced by William Butler Yeats while working and living with him in England. -Yeats and Pound studied Chinese and Japanese works together leading to the popularization of Imagism. o Befriended T.S. Eliot while in England. o He also coined the term “vorticism” (twentieth century British art movement stemming from cubism). o Began the The Cantos (his most distinguished work) in 1915 which took 50 years to complete.

o Moved to Paris in Became friends with Marcel Duchamp and other artists of the DADA and surrealist movement, and Ernest Hemmingway. o Moved to Italy in Became acquainted with Mussolini and spoke regularly on Italian radio in support of fascism. o Brought back to U.S. to face charges of treason -Plead insanity and was transferred to St. Elizabeth's hospital in

o One of the principal poets of the Imagist movement. o Greatly influenced by Ezra Pound. o Believed in the average individual. -Broke off from European culture and traditions. -Wrote about everyday circumstances of life and the lives of common people.

o Born in Rutherford, New Jersey, in o Began writing in High school where he decided to become a writer and a doctor. o Studied at the University of Pennsylvania, where he met and befriended Ezra Pound. -In 1913 Pound published William’s second collection of works The Tempers. o Williams sustained a practice in New Jersey the whole of his life. o His influence as a poet spread slowly during the twenties and thirties, however, he was pushed to the shadows due to the increasing popularity of T.S. Eliot. o Williams’ health began to decline after a heart attack in 1948 and a series of strokes, but he continued writing up until his death in New Jersey in 1963.

o Eliot took the ideas that he loved of the 17 th and 19 th century poets and he redefined their techniques to suit a more realistic world. o Captured the discontent of the post WWI society while enforcing values in a concise poetic manner.

o Born in Missouri on September 26, o Studied at Harvard, contributed in the “Harvard Advocate.” o Moved to England in While in England ha befriended Ezra Pound, who assisted him in publishing his first major work The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock in o Wrote The Wasteland (the most influential work of the 20 th century) after suffering a mental breakdown. -The writing is most well known for its form and lack of transitions (fragmentary).

o And the days are not full enough -Ezra Pound And the days are not full enough And the nights are not full enough And life slips by like a field mouse Not shaking the grass o An Immorality -Ezra Pound Sing we for love and idleness, Naught else is worth the having. Though I have been in many a land, There is naught else in living. And I would rather have my sweet, Though rose-leaves die of grieving, Than do high deeds in Hungary To pass all men's believing.

o Themes/Messages o Excitement in innovation, re-structure, and self reliance. o New take on philosophy; revision of western philosophy towards a new eastern outlook, through an artistic lens. o Surrounded WWI and the disenchanted outlook of the youth. o Literary Canon o Break with traditional poetic values. o Rejection of rhythm and tempo.

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