1、Ezra Pound (18851972) 埃茲拉龐德,The forerunner of modern American poetry,1.Life 2.Imagism 3.Works 4. Contributions,contents,1.Life Experience(1885-1972),born in Idaho in 1885,graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1906,Sailed for Europe in 1908.,Came into contact with Hulme and his Poets Club.

2、 Appointed himself foreign editor of Poetry,In 1945, returned to America and was arrested on charge of treason. In 1946, acquitted, and declared insane. In 1958, released from St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington. In 1972, died in Venice as a recluse.,2.Imagism,Imagism flourished from 1909 to 1917

3、and involved quite a number of British and American writers and poets. The Imagist Movement advanced modernism in arts and concentrated on reforming the medium of poetry as opposed to Romanticism.,Pound and Imagism,Pound was fascinated by the idea of an alphabet that represented not only sounds but

4、images. He believed that it was possible to approximate（接近于） the same thing in English, and the Imagist poem “Metro（麥德龍）” is an example of his attempt to do so.,3.Major Literary Works,1) Cathay 華夏集神州集 中國詩章 translations based on older Chinese poets like Li Bai. 2) Hugh Selwyn Mauberley 休賽爾溫毛伯利 his di

5、sillusionment and his view of his own career. 3) The Cantos 詩章 4) In a Station of the Metro 在地鐵站里,4. Contributions of Ezra Pound,The forerunner of modern American poetry A leading spokesman of the “Imagist Movement” One of the most influential American poets and critic,Ezra Pound is generally consid

6、ered the poet most responsible for defining (characterizing) and promoting a modernist artistic poetry. In the early 20th century, he opened an influential exchange of work and deas between British and American writers, and was famous for the generosity.,His own significant contributions to poetry begin with his promulgation (spread) of Imagism, a movement in poetry. As an important leader of the Imagists,Pound