Modernism and Post Modernism in Literature Modernism in Literature Literary Modernism has its origins in the late 19th and early 20th centuries‚ mainly in Europe and North America. Modernism is characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional styles of poetry and verse. Modernists experimented with literary form and expression‚ adhering to the modernist maxim to "Make it new." The modernist literary movement was driven by a desire to overturn traditional modes of representation and express
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Promt: Compare the two versions of The Seafarer by Raffel and Pound and give reasoning for why one is a better translation‚ in terms of preserving the Anglo-Saxon poetic tradition and the overall feel of the poem. It would not be possible to translate The Seafarer perfectly‚ keeping all of its patently Anglo-Saxon poetic devices intact. Because much of their poetic tradition involves the sounds of the words themselves‚ unless there were similar-sounding synonyms in modern English for each there
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Ezra Pound and TS Eliot were both expatriate Americans who were part of the early Modernist movement in the beginning of the twentieth century. The two men were great friends during this time and Pound took Eliot under his wing‚ publishing and promoting his work and introducing him to all the right people. In their early work as they are just discovering and honing their talents the idea of culture and identity was of huge importance to them both. They had both left America to travel and experience
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showed that whatever class you were in‚ whether you were born rich or poor‚ you had a chance to succeed‚ as we can see with Mr Doolittle and Eliza‚ where Doolittle is given money by Ezra D. Wannafeller and becomes middle class. When Doolittle ‘sells’ Eliza to Higgins for £5‚ Higgins offers him £10 and Doolittle says‚ “Ten pounds is a lot of money: it makes a man feel prudent like; and then goodbye to happiness.” This proves that lower class people felt that if they were to have more money than they needed
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the formation of modernism" ("Stein Holds Her First Paris Salons"). But why were these people so drawn to Paris‚ what made them leave America? Malcolm Cowley‚ an American Literary critic and social historian who became close to Gertrude Stein‚ Ezra Pound‚ and other writers from the Lost Generation‚ "suggested that a distaste for the grandiose and sentimental languages of the patriotic manifestos of the war gave [the expatriates] a common standpoint‚" and Stein gave them an environment in which they
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Introduction American literature‚ to my eyes‚ like American history‚ although short‚ however‚ still full of glories and shining masterpieces and writers. Those American writers‚ while conquering this wild America‚ also had conquered the great field of American literature. From its first imitative activities to innovative attempts nowadays‚ American literature gradually gains its unique style‚ theme and form‚ and I¡¯m always excited to see their works are more and more America in its true sense.
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A Red‚ Red Rose (1794) By: ROBERT burns O my Luve’s like a red‚ red rose‚ That’s newly sprung in June: O my Luve’s like the melodie‚ That’s sweetly play’d in tune. As fair art thou‚ my bonie lass‚ So deep in luve am I; And I will luve thee still
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Poetic Voice Examination for Pound’s “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter” “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter” exemplifies the differentiation between the poet and the speaker. Li Po and Ezra Pound‚ take on a persona of a river merchant’s wife‚ awaiting the return of her husband. Furthermore‚ the use of imagery makes for a very visual read. The clever way in which this poem was written grants readers the opportunity to experience what it is to be “The River Merchant’s Wife”. I found this method
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traditions as well as parallels to the works of his twentieth-century contemporaries. Taking his symbols from the public domain‚ Frost developed‚ as many critics note‚ an original‚ modern idiom and a sense of directness and economy that reflect the imagism of Ezra Pound and Amy Lowell. On the other hand‚ as Leonard Unger and William Van O ’Connor point out inPoems for Study‚ "Frost ’s poetry‚ unlike that of such contemporaries as Eliot‚ Stevens‚ and the later Yeats‚ shows no marked departure from the poetic
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translation should be different from general literature translation‚ which requires translators be more than just translators. 2 A Case Study Here is a case study of two translated versions of Chang Gan Xing by Ezra Pound and Xu Yuangchong respectively. 十五始展眉‚ 愿同尘与灰。常存抱柱信‚ 岂上望夫台。 Version 1(by Ezra Pound) At fifteen I stopped scowling‚ I desired my dust to be mingled with yours Forever and forever‚ and forever. Why should I clime the look out? Version 2(by Xu Yuangchong) I was fifteen when I composed my
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