generation” (Pound 123). Each of Joyce’s major works takes place in or near Dublin‚ the city of his birth and residence until entering a period of self-exile after being “dissatisfied … with Irish nationalism‚ Catholicism‚ and his family background” in 1902 (“Biography of James Joyce” 10). Joyce’s works received mixed reviews. After publishing his first novel‚ A Portrait of the Artist of a Young Man‚ Joyce received praise from renowned authors‚ poets and critics such as Ezra Pound‚ who proclaimed
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ABSTRACT Pound and Eliot’s satiric criticism on the new morality of the modern world is skillfully achieved in their famous poems‚ “In a Station of the Metro” and “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”. This research paper is aimed at a comparative analysis of these poems‚ with particular regards to their thematic concerns and stylistic features. Key words: American Literature‚ Satiric criticism‚ Comparative analysis‚ Critique of the Modern World‚ Existentialism th Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot
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The term modernism refers to the radical shift in aesthetic and cultural sensibilities evident in the art and literature of the post-World War One period. The ordered‚ stable and inherently meaningful worldview of the nineteenth century could not‚ wrote T.S. Eliot‚ accord with "the immense panorama of futility and anarchy which is contemporary history." Modernism thus marks a distinctive break with Victorian bourgeois morality; rejecting nineteenth-century optimism‚ they presented a profoundly pessimistic
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horrific‚ chaotic‚ and ultimately futile. Some modernists‚ notably T. S. Eliot‚ expressed a deep sense of loss and despair. However‚ others responded with a fresh sense of both the freedom and the responsibilities of the artist in a new age. Ezra Pound in particular envisaged the possibility of a new society to which artists would contribute meaningfully. Many modernists shared an ambitious‚ aspirational belief in the role and place of the artist in contemporary life‚ believing that art had replaced
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Aphoristic style- the use of sentances or phrases within a larger essay or speech (usually persuasive) that stand out as memorable statements (aphorisms) in themselves. What we obtain cheap‚ we esteem too lightly Tyranny‚ like hell‚ is not easily conquered These are times that try men’s souls The harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph Through the flame of liberty may cease to shine‚ the coal can never expire. It matters not where you love‚ or what rank of life you hold
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Metro” by Ezra Pound Comment: I am surprised when I saw the “poem”. I didn’t know it’s allowed to only have two lines. But I think it is pretty though. Simplicity and brevity is always beautiful. I like how he used the word apparition. Given that he’s in a transport station‚ faces appear and disappear from your sight as they hurry around. I think it’s the perfect word to use. Fun fact: In the poem‚ Pound describes a moment in the underground metro station in Paris in 1912; Pound suggested that
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By now everyone has heard of the 3 year old boy that managed to climb his way into the gorilla exhibit at the Cincinnati zoo. Fearing for the boy’s life‚ zoo officials made the decision to shoot and kill the 400-pound silverback gorilla named Harambe. I’m not here to discuss whose fault it was or even if it was necessary‚ everyone else is doing that. What I am more interested in is people’s reaction to it. Several questions occurred to me. Why is it that people’s first reaction was not exaltation
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William Carlos Williams: “ The Use of Force” Katryn Punsalang English Composition II Professor Day 10 April 2012 Katryn Punsalang Professor Day English 112 10 April 2012 “ The Use of Force” William Carlos Williams (1883- 1963) is one of the prominent personas of American Poetry. He received his Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the American Academy of Arts and Letters gold medal for poetry from the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1963. Despite Williams’ recognition as one
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University. Eventually‚ he left the United States for Sorbonne‚ England and returned to Harvard to study some more and ended up back in England where he became under the influence of Ezra Pound. Pound recognized Eliot’s poetic talent and assisted in many of his publications and influenced his work. What stood out to Pound was‚ perhaps‚ Eliot’s distinct style of writing created from his intense use of diction and lengthy sentences that often derived from metaphors. Eliot is known to write with long
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Legal Theory Today A Sociology of Jurisprudence Legal Theory Today Founding Editor John Gardner‚ Professor of Jurisprudence‚ University College‚ Oxford TITLES IN THIS SERIES Law in its Own Right by Henrik Palmer Olsen and Stuart Toddington Law and Aesthetics by Adam Gearey Law as a Social Institution by Hamish Ross Evaluation and Legal Theory by Julie Dickson Risks and Legal Theory by Jenny Steele Forthcoming titles: Law after Modernity by Sionaidh Douglas-Scott Law and Ethics by John Tasioulas
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