Tuesday, September 10

In class

  • Lecture and discussion of Imagism
  • Discussion of Hilda Doolitle (H.D.) and her poetry (resource).

Assignment

  • Read Amy Lowell's "Preface to Some Imagist Poets" in our textbook (pg 926).
  • Read chapter on Amy Lowell and her poems in our textbook. (Alternatively, read this resource, and the poems it links to.)
  • Write a forum post in which you discuss an Imagist poem by Amy Lowell, focusing on how she manifests the ideas in her Preface. Post before class on Thursday.

Thursday, September 12

In class

  • Discussion of Amy Lowell's poetry
  • Lecture and discussion on the end of Imagism and introduction to Vorticism.

Assignment

  • Read Vorticism in The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, at least as far as the section on Modern Poetry.
  • Explore and read Blast.
  • Read the rest of "A Retrospect" by Ezra Pound (pgs. 429-433 in our textbook or here).
  • Read chapter on Ezra Pound and her poems in our textbook up to but not including The Cantos.
  • Write a forum post in which you discuss a poem by Ezra Pound and how it exemplifies his poetics. Post in our forum before class on Tuesday.