Ezra Pound
His Life
Pound was confined for 12 years in a hospital (actually prison) for the criminally insane in Washington. During this time he translated works of ancient Greek and ancient Chinese literature. While in prison ,he was awarded a prestigious poetry prize in 1949 for his last Cantos. In 1958 he returned to Italy,where he continued to write and make translations until he died in 1972oved to Europe, living first in Venice but eventually settling in London. Pound self-published A Lume Spento, his first published collection of short poems, while living in Venice. In the years before the World War I, Pound was largely responsible for the appearance of Imagism, and coined the name of the movement Vorticism( 漩涡主义).
classical past through the medieval period and the Renaissance to the modern age, and describes remedies for its cultural ills.
Pound’s Major Literary Works
Pound’s Major Literary Works
1) “Cathay” based on translations 《华夏集》 from older Chinese 《神州集》 poets like Li Bai 《中国诗章》 2) “ Hugh Selwyn Mauberley ” 《休赛尔温•毛伯利》 his disillusionment and his view of his own career
Definition of imagism
It is an influential literary movement that took place in Europe and America from about 1910 to 1920. Its origins are found in two poems, Autumn and A City Sunset by T.E.Hulme that were published in January 1909 by the Poet’s Club in London. It sources from Greek myths ,Provencal poetry,Japanese poetry and Chinese poetry, especially the ideographic and pictographic nature of Chinese language. The imagist poet creates a single sharp image that evokes an emotional response in the reader. Imagism was in a reaction to the “bad habits” of the 19th century poets who were too explicit in their commentary and too repetitious in their subjects, patterns, and meters.
Pound’s
学识渊博的史诗性 Major 诗歌 Literary
Works
3) “ The Cantos ” «诗 章»
encyclopedic epic poem
Cantos (1948), a total of 117 poems It explores western civilization from the
was for the most part of his life trying to offer
Confucian philosophy as the one faith which could help to save the West.
Features of his works
Language: intricate and obscure. Form: no fixed framework, no central theme, no attention to poetic rules. style: very difficult to read Pound’s early poems are fresh and lyrical. The Cantos can be notoriously（众所周知的） difficult in some sections, but delightfully beautiful in others. Few have made serious study of the long poem; fewer, if anyone at all, have had the courage to declare that they have conquered Pound; and many seem to agree that the Cantos is a monumental failure.
Point of View
(1) The artist was morally and culturally the arbiter
(仲裁者)and the “savior” of the race, he took it
upon himself to purify the arts and became the
“intangible bondage”.
Point of View
(3) Pound sees in Chinese history and the doctrine of Confucius a source of strength and wisdom with
which to counterpoint Western gloom and
Ezra Pound
埃兹拉·庞德 （1885-1972）
American expatriate（移居国外的） poet, critic and intellectual leader of Imagist movement a major figure and one of the most controversial of the Modernist movement the father of modern American poetry. the most influential leader of the Imagist Movement . the father of Imagist Poerty He believed that good poetry was based on images rather than ideas.
His Life
born in Hailey, Idaho 1885 grew up and was educated mainly in Pennsylvania. In 1901 at the age of 15, he entered the University of Pennsylvania In 1903,transferred to Hamilton College ,got Master degree in 1906
prime mover of a few experimental movements,
the aim of which was to dump the old into the dustbin and bring forth something new. (2) To him, life was sordid personal crushing oppression, and culture produced nothing but
His Life
Ezra married Dorothy Shakespear,an artist in 1914.
His Life
In 1920, he moved to Paris and got acquainted with Gertrude Stein and her circle of friends,then settled in Italy in 1924. During the second World War ,he leaned in the direction of Mussolini’s fascist totalitarianism(法西斯极权主义). Having made anti-American radio broadcasts, he was arrested as a traitor in 1945 . Sent to the US, where he was deemed mentally unfit to stand trial for treason.
confusion. (4) He saw a chaotic world that wanted setting to rights, and a humanity, suffering from spiritual death and cosmic injustice, that needed saving. He
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Character
introduction Life experience Major works Writing style Comments
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound(30October18851November1972)was an expatriate American poet and critic who was a major figure of the early modernist movement. His contribution to poetry began with his development of imagism.
⑶Cantos 《诗章》 the intellectual diary since 1915 ~encyclopedic epic poem （学识渊博的史诗性诗歌）
Ezra Pound ′s major works
☆A Lume Spento --1908
☆Personae --1909
☆Des Imagistes --1914
☆ The Spirit of Romance --1910
☆ Homage to Sextus Propertivs --1917 ☆ Hugh Selwyn Mauberley --1920 ☆ The Cantos --1917~1959
Writing style:
Nadel writes that imagism was to change Pound‟s writing style. Pound said poetry require a precise and economic use of language and that the poet should always use the „exact‟ word and expression.
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Character
introduction Life experience Major works Writing style Comments
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound(30October18851November1972)was an expatriate American poet and critic who was a major figure of the early modernist movement. His contribution to poetry began with his development of imagism.
⑶Cantos 《诗章》 the intellectual diary since 1915 ~encyclopedic epic poem （学识渊博的史诗性诗歌）
Ezra Pound ′s major works
☆A Lume Spento --1908
☆Personae --1909
☆Des Imagistes --1914
☆ The Spirit of Romance --1910
☆ Homage to Sextus Propertivs --1917 ☆ Hugh Selwyn Mauberley --1920 ☆ The Cantos --1917~1959
Writing style:
Nadel writes that imagism was to change Pound‟s writing style. Pound said poetry require a precise and economic use of language and that the poet should always use the „exact‟ word and expression.
Ezra_Pound英文介绍
W. W. II, Italian government, radio broadcasts died in in 1972, in Italy
Pound’s
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (October 30, 1885 – November 1, 1972) was an American expatriate poet, critic and intellectual who was a major figure of the Modernist movement in the first half of the 20th century. He is generally considered the poet most responsible for defining and promoting a modernist aesthetic in poetry.[1] The critic Hugh Kenner said of Pound upon meeting him: "I suddenly knew that I was in the presence of the center of modernism."[2] In the early teens of the twentieth century, he opened a fruitful exchange of work and ideas between British and American writers, and was famous for the generosity with which he advanced the work of such major contemporaries as Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, H. D., Ernest Hemingway, Wyndham Lewis, and especially T. S. Eliot. Pound also had a profound influence on the Irish writers W. B. Yeats and James Joyce. His own significant contributions to poetry begin with his promotion of Imagism, a movement in poetry which derived its technique from classical Chinese and Japanese poetry—stressing clarity, precision, and economy of language, and forgoing traditional rhyme and meter in order to, in Pound's words, "compose in the sequence of the musical phrase, not in the sequence of the metronome."[3] His later work, spanning nearly fifty years, focused on his epic poem The Cantos.
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• The most striking feature of the text, to a casual browser, is the inclusion of Chinese characters as well as quotations in European languages other than English. • The range of allusion to historical events is very broad, and abrupt changes occur with little transition. • There is also wide geographical reference。
Ezra Pound
艾兹拉·庞德
Contents
• • • • Life His major works Famous works Influence factors on Pound and his influence on the world
His life
• • • • Born in 1885 in Hailey, Idaho Brought up in Pennsylvania Mastered 9 languages at university Sailed to Europe and composed first poetry in Venice in 1908 • Arrived in London and founded Imagism • Editor of Poetry in 1912 and blue-penciled Eliot’s “The Waste Land”
His Major Works
• • • • • A lume Spento( 1908) 《灯火熄灭之时》 Personea (1909) 《人物》 The Spirit of Romance (1910) 《精神浪漫史》 Cathay (1915) 《神州集》 Homage to Sextus Properties (1919) 《向赛克斯特 斯 · 普罗波蒂斯致敬》 • Hugh Selwyn Mauberley( 1920)《休·赛尔温·毛伯利 》 • Cantos (1917-1969) 《诗章》
Ezra Pound埃兹拉庞德
During W.W. I, assisted young writers.
In 1924 moved to Italy and became involved in Fascist politics, broadcasting over Radio Rome against allies.
Later Life
Washington. • In 1972, died in Venice as a recluse.
2.Imagism
• Imagism flourished from 1909 to 1917 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 images.
➢ Ezra Pound is generally considered 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.
In 1924 moved to Italy and became involved in Fascist politics, broadcasting over Radio Rome against allies.
Later Life
Washington. • In 1972, died in Venice as a recluse.
2.Imagism
• Imagism flourished from 1909 to 1917 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 images.
➢ Ezra Pound is generally considered 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.
Ezra Pound埃兹拉.庞德
doctrine of Confucius a source of strength and
wisdom with which to counterpoint Western
gloom and confusion.
(4) He saw a chaotic world that wanted setting to rights, and a humanity, suffering from spiritual death and cosmic injustice, that needed saving. He was for the most part of
Ezra Pound (1885—1972)
Historic Position
A leading spokesman of the “Imagist Movement” One of the most influential American poets and critic The father of the American modern poetry
Features: (1) Language: intricate and obscure (2) Theme: complex subject matters (3) Form: no fixed framework, no central theme, no attention to poetic rules
• Hugh Selwyn Mauberley ① his best poem; ② 2 parts, the 1st part: the quest of an artist in an unresponsive world; the 2nd part: a similar quest but it has taken on a new dimension of meaning;
Ezra-Pound知识讲解
Thought transformation 思想转变
第二次世界大战时，庞德在罗马电台发表了数百 次广播讲话，抨击美国的战争行动，攻击罗斯福的作 战政策，赞扬墨索里尼，鼓吹墨索里尼的治国政策能 促成一个没有贪婪和高利贷的社会。
During World War II, the Roman Pound radio broadcast speech delivered hundreds of times, criticized the U.S. war effort, attacking Roosevelt's war policy, praised Mussolini, Mussolini's rule advocated policies can contribute to a no-greed and usury society.
The creation background 创作背景
❖ 我写了一首三十行的诗，然后销毁了，6 个月以后，我写了一首比那首短一半的诗， 一年后我写了日本和歌式的诗句。”
❖ 可以确定，这首短诗是庞德在法国的地铁 站触景而作，通过意象的叠加，诗歌最终大 大方方地落笔成简洁的14字。
Ezra Pound was America famous imagist poet. He and Eliot in the same post symbolist poetry leader. He Chinese from classical poetry, Japanese haiku of Health issued "poetry" theory, and made outstanding contributions to each other Eastern and Western poetry.
Ezra-Pound-美国文学庞德课件
Imagism
four principles: 1) direct treatment 单刀直入 2) precise image 意象清晰 3) economical expression 表达简洁 4) musical rhythm 富有乐感
Image
master works: 埃兹拉· 庞德（Ezra Pound） 《女孩》 （Girl） 杜利特尔（Hilda Doolittle） 《不倒的墙》 （The Walls Do Not Fall） 威廉姆斯（William Carlos Williams） 《佩特森》（Paterson）
Ezra Pound 埃兹拉· 庞德
（1885-1972）
“the prophet of the open spirit”
自由精神的预言 者
Life
Born in Idaho (1885) Hamilton college and the University of Pennsylvania left for Europe (1908) Foreign editor of Poetry (1912) Paris (1920) Italy, his misbehavior in WWII (1925-45) Death in Italy (1972)
Cantos--Intellectual Diary Since 1915
Theme: an attempt to impose, through art, order and meaning upon a chaotic and meaningless world.
Image
generalization: A literary movement launched by British and American poets early in the 20th century in reaction against Victorian sentimentalism that advocated the use of free verse, common speech patterns, and clear concrete images.
Ezra pound (1885-1972)
埃兹拉· 庞德（Ezra Pound），美国著名诗人，意象派的 代表人物。他和艾略特同为后期象征主义诗歌的领军人物。 他从中国古典诗歌、日本俳句中生发出“诗歌意象”的理 论，为东西方诗歌的互相借鉴做出了卓越贡献。 除此之外，庞德还是一个热衷于介绍中国古典诗歌和哲 学的翻译家，他自称为儒者。经他改编并翻译了《神州 集》、《诗经》、《论语》等儒家经典。
Ezra ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱound（18851972） 艾兹拉· 庞德
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Ezra Pound was identified as the father of American poetry and the most influential leader of the Imagist Movement.
‘In a Station of the Metro ’
The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.
1、在地铁车站 （辜正坤) 人丛中这些幽灵似的人脸， 潮湿的黑色树枝上的花瓣。
3、地铁站上 （余光中） 人群中，这些面孔的鬼影； 潮湿的黑树枝上的花瓣。
Cantos (1915)
● It contains 117 poems. ● It is about social history, cultures and languages. ● He imposes order and meaning upon a meaningless world. ● He sees Chinese history and Confucius孔子 counteract抵消 Western gloom and confusion. ● A chaotic inhuman and non-spiritual world needs saving.
Ezra ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱound（18851972） 艾兹拉· 庞德
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Ezra Pound was identified as the father of American poetry and the most influential leader of the Imagist Movement.
‘In a Station of the Metro ’
The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.
1、在地铁车站 （辜正坤) 人丛中这些幽灵似的人脸， 潮湿的黑色树枝上的花瓣。
3、地铁站上 （余光中） 人群中，这些面孔的鬼影； 潮湿的黑树枝上的花瓣。
Cantos (1915)
● It contains 117 poems. ● It is about social history, cultures and languages. ● He imposes order and meaning upon a meaningless world. ● He sees Chinese history and Confucius孔子 counteract抵消 Western gloom and confusion. ● A chaotic inhuman and non-spiritual world needs saving.
Ezra Pound
• Imagism: it’s a poetic movement of England and the U.S flourished from 1909 to 1917. The movement insists on the creation of images in poetry by “the direct treatment of the thing” and the economy of wording. The leaders of this movement were Ezra Pound and Amy Lowell艾米•洛威尔.
The doctrine and poetic practice of a small but influential group of American and British poets calling themselves imagists bewtween 1909-1917. Led at first by Ezra Pound, then after his defection to vorticism by Amy Lowell. Imagism is characterized by the 3 principles: 1. Direct treatment of "the thing", whether subjective or objective 2. To use absolutely no word that does not contribute to the presentation 3. As regards rhythm, to compose in the sequence of the musical phrase, not in the sequence of a metronome节拍器
埃兹拉庞德Ezra Pound
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王维
大漠孤烟直，长河落日圆
秋思
枯藤老树昏鸦， 枯藤老树昏鸦， 小桥流水人家， 小桥流水人家， 古道西风瘦马。 古道西风瘦马。 夕阳西下， 夕阳西下， 断肠人在天涯。 断肠人在天涯。
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In a Station of the Metro
The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.
• 詹姆斯·乔伊斯 《青年艺术家的肖像》 青年艺术家的肖像》 詹姆斯· 尤利西斯》 《尤利西斯》
• 艾略特
《荒原》 荒原》
*人物生平
1885— 1885—1972
21岁 21岁：硕士学位 32岁 32岁：意象派 39岁 39岁：扶植人才 58岁 58岁：叛国罪入狱 73岁 73岁：出狱
关键词
• 反犹太主义 • 支持法西斯 • 被判叛国罪 • 免于受审 • 关押在精神 病院
Ezra Pound
埃兹拉·庞德
*人物生平
1885— 1885—1972
21岁 21岁：硕士学位 32岁 32岁：意象派 39岁 39岁：扶植人才 58岁 58岁：叛国罪入狱 73岁 73岁：出狱
宾夕法尼亚大学
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哈密尔顿大学
攻读美国历史、古典文学、 攻读美国历史、古典文学、罗曼斯语言文学
*人物生平
关押期间
• 翻译孔子著作《诗章》（71-84） 诗章》 71-84）
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《比萨诗章》 比萨诗章》
1949年获美国国会图书 年获美国国会图书 馆颁发伯林根诗歌奖
73岁 73岁：出狱
总结
• 埃兹拉·庞德 埃兹拉· • “意象派”代表人 意象派” 物 • 代表作《在地铁站 代表作《 内》