Part one of term paper
Few students of literature and poetry would describe the works of Ezra Pound as easily accessible, yet as with any other artist we may perhaps shed some light on his difficult canon by examining some interrelated topics that were central to his development as a poet. The movement called Imagism which he was instrumental in launching, the doc ...

Part two of term paper
... Kenner, the noted scholar of Ezra Pound calls it a “red herring” and advises us to “keep one’s eyes on Pound’s texts, and avoid generalities about Imagism” (Kenner p.58). Keeping this advice in mind, let us examine what we know about Imagism as a movement and a philosophy. The doctrine, which came to be known as Imagism is guided by three simple tenets, set forth by Pound, “H.D.” (Hilda Doolittle), and Richard Aldington in 1912. The first states that the “thing” dealt with ...