Fir-Flower Petals on a Wet Black Bough: Constructing New Poetry through Asian Aesthetics in Early Modernist Poets

Critics often credit Ezra Pound and his Imagist movement for the development of American poetics. Pound’s interest in international arts and minimalist aesthetics of cross-cultural poetry gained the attention of prominent writers throughout Modernist and Post-Modern periods. From writers like Wallac...

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Main Author:	Gilbert, Matthew
Format:	Others
Language:	English
Published:	Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University 2019
Subjects:	American Literature Comparative Literature Imagism East-Western Haiku Hokku Ezra Pound Amy Lowell William Carlos Williams Modern Literature Translation Studies
Online Access:	https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3588 https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5055&context=etd

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spelling	ndltd-ETSU-oai-dc.etsu.edu-etd-50552019-05-16T05:22:55Z Fir-Flower Petals on a Wet Black Bough: Constructing New Poetry through Asian Aesthetics in Early Modernist Poets Gilbert, Matthew Critics often credit Ezra Pound and his Imagist movement for the development of American poetics. Pound’s interest in international arts and minimalist aesthetics of cross-cultural poetry gained the attention of prominent writers throughout Modernist and Post-Modern periods. From writers like Wallace Stevens and Gertrude Stein to later poets like Jack Kerouac and Gary Snyder, image and precise language has shaped American literature. Few critics have praised Eastern cultures or the Imagist poets who adopted an East-Western form of poetics: Amy Lowell and William Carlos Williams. Studying traditional Eastern painting and short-form poetry and interactions with personal connections to the East, Lowell and Williams adapt then progress aesthetic fusions Pound began and abandoned through his interpretation of Eastern art. Like Pound, Lowell and Williams illustrate a mix of form, free-verse language, and modernized poetics to not only imitate Eastern art but to create poetics of international discourse which shape American Modernism. 2019-05-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3588 https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5055&context=etd Electronic Theses and Dissertations eng Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University American Literature Comparative Literature Imagism East-Western Haiku Hokku Ezra Pound Amy Lowell William Carlos Williams American Literature Modern Literature Translation Studies
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description	Critics often credit Ezra Pound and his Imagist movement for the development of American poetics. Pound’s interest in international arts and minimalist aesthetics of cross-cultural poetry gained the attention of prominent writers throughout Modernist and Post-Modern periods. From writers like Wallace Stevens and Gertrude Stein to later poets like Jack Kerouac and Gary Snyder, image and precise language has shaped American literature. Few critics have praised Eastern cultures or the Imagist poets who adopted an East-Western form of poetics: Amy Lowell and William Carlos Williams. Studying traditional Eastern painting and short-form poetry and interactions with personal connections to the East, Lowell and Williams adapt then progress aesthetic fusions Pound began and abandoned through his interpretation of Eastern art. Like Pound, Lowell and Williams illustrate a mix of form, free-verse language, and modernized poetics to not only imitate Eastern art but to create poetics of international discourse which shape American Modernism.
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title	Fir-Flower Petals on a Wet Black Bough: Constructing New Poetry through Asian Aesthetics in Early Modernist Poets
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Fir-Flower Petals on a Wet Black Bough: Constructing New Poetry through Asian Aesthetics in Early Modernist Poets

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