a movement by American and English poets early in the 20th century in reaction to Victorian sentimentality; used common speech in free verse with clear concrete imagery
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imagism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | art movement, artistic movement |
Examples of imagism
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Imagism as a movement was launched with H.D. as its prime exponent.
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Imagism is also significant historically as the first organised Modernist English language literary movement or group.
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Imagism was a movement in early 20th-century Anglo-American poetry that favored precision of imagery and clear, sharp language.
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Hemingway learned from Ezra Pound how to achieve a stripped-down style and how to incorporate the concepts of imagism in his prose.
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Imagism was a movement in early 20th century Anglo-Americanpoetry that favoured precision of imagery, and clear, sharp language.
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- A movement by American and English poets early in the 20th century in reaction to Victorian sentimentality; used common speech in free verse with clear concrete imagery
- Imagism was a movement in early 20th-century Anglo-American poetry that favored precision of imagery and clear, sharp language. The Imagists rejected the sentiment and discursiveness typical of much Romantic and Victorian poetry. ...
- Imagistic is a digital strategy and development company located in Westlake Village, California. Core services include and
- (imagistic) Of or pertaining to imagism
- (Imagists) A group of mainly American poets, including Ezra Pound and Amy Lowell, who used sharp visual images and colloquial speech; active from 1912 to 1914.
- An early twentieth-century artistic movement in the United States and Britain. Imagists believed poets should use common, everyday vocabulary, experiment with new rhythm, and use clear, precise, concentrated imagery. Ezra Pound, Richard Aldington, Amy Lowell, Carl Sandburg, and T. E. ...
- A movement of early 20th-century poets who used colloquial, concise, and image-laden language, not poetic diction. These include Ezra Pound, T. E. Hulme, H.D., D. H. Lawrence, William Carlos Williams, and Amy Lowell.
- A 20th century movement in poetry advocating free verse, new rhythmic effects, colloquial language, and the expression of ideas and emotions, with clear, well-defined images, rather than through romanticism or symbolism. ...
- An English and American Poetry movement that flourished between 1908 and 1917. The Imagists used precise, clearly presented images in their works. They also used common, everyday speech and aimed for conciseness, concrete imagery, and the creation of new rhythms. ...
