The making of make it new guernica guernica magazine. Ezra pound and 20thcentury theories of language, james dowthwaite. Transcreation meant for haroldo exactly what make it new meant for pound, a strategy of creative translation from which a new kind of poetry would emerge. Make it new is the digital quarterly magazine of the ezra pound society. This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. Yet when ezra pound employed the phrase for the first time in 1928. Renew thyself daily, utterly, make it new, and again new, make it new.
Which answer choice best describes ezra pound s intent in this statement. Modernism rebecca beasley ezra pounds maxim, make it new. Ezra pound 18851972 was a worldrenown expatriate american poet who, when it came to writing, emphasized the importance of clarity, precision and, most of all, economy of language. Still to do the chimney cap, to be formed from a sheet of metal.
Make it new this chapter is completely focused on the study of pound s translations. His contribution to poetry began with his development of imagism, a movement derived from classical chinese and japanese poetry, stressing clarity, precision, concision, and economy of language. In the flame, pound makes new a medieval vision of fin amor fine or courtly love. Ezra pounds slogan was itself the product of historical recycling. The conservatism of poetry brad leithauser the best. But in one of lifes little ironies, it turns out that this saying is actually very, very old. Ezra weston loomis pound was an american expatriate poet and critic and a major figure in the early modernist movement in poetry. Ezra pound besides having one of the most terrifyingly brutal punready names in the english language, pound was one of the 20th centurys great american poets. Translations of greek tragedy in the work of ezra pound, peter liebregts. Pdf this book develops key advances in pound studies, responding. Choose from 34 different sets of ezra pound flashcards on quizlet.
Ezra pound, person collected shorter poems of ezra pound. Whats most inspirational about modernism, in my view. This dude was important for singlehandedly crafting the tradition of modernist poetry and quite literally shaping the work of other players of the period, such as t. Yet, as michel north reminds us in his recent work, novelty. T here has been so much scribbling about a new fashion in poetry, that i may perhaps be pardoned this brief recapitu lation and retrospect. Fine in near fine clipped dj, with tanning to spine. Ezra pound turns up five times in peter gays big survey of the modern. He became known for his role in developing imagism, which, in reaction to the victorian and georgian. The new roof, almost complete, atop the second storey. I want to thank kerry bolton for making a copy available for scanning. It was you that broke the new wood, now is a time for carving. He was an early champion of a number of avantgarde and modernist poets.
The new roof over the first storey at the front of the house, debris to clean up. His parents and frances weston took pound on another threemonth european tour inafter which he transferred, into hamilton college in clinton, new york, possibly because of poind grades. Ezra pound, 18851972 ezra weston loomis pound ezra pound, along with t. I make a pact with you, walt whitman i have detested you long enough. Pound s subject matter and language university of arkansas, conference on literature and the humanities, spring 2010. A poet, critic, translator, and literary force of the modernist era, ezra pound was born in idaho in 1885. Pound coined the term in 1912 to assist hilda doolittle h.
Ezra pound is widely considered one of the most influential poets of the 20th century. Doolittle was an unknown author, and pound decided that her work would be accepted more easily if she were identified with a group of poets dettmarwatt. A history of the new 20, the crucial fact to begin with is that the phrase make it new is not originally pound. Pound s 1934 book make it new, looked to the past and through a combination of translations, imitations and original material, sought. This slogan compels the writer to create out of the material of art work that is distinctively innovative. In the early teens of the twentieth century, he opened a seminal 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 w. Pound began work on the cantos in earnest after relocating to italy. Pound s version has at least the virtue of brevity, but he spoils the effect somewhat by adding a long footnote, which actually translates the french again. Ezra pound, the most aggressively modern of these poets, made make it new. Pound s the cantos contains music and bears a title that could be translated as the songsalthough it never is. Some aspects of ezra pounds theories of poetry and. Pound worked as a literary editor in london during the early 20th century, where he mentored and helped to promote now famous contemporaries of his, such as t.
The new ezra pound studies edited by mark byron, university of sydney. Critics have speculated that by this stage eliot may already have decided to delete the first section of part i, which describes a night out. Ezra pound, gold and work countercurrents publishing. Ezra weston loomis pound 30 october 1885 1 november 1972 was an expatriate american poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a fascist sympathizer. We have one sap and one root let there be commerce between us. Capturing and creating the modern, literature 19001950. Ezra pound s three simple words have gone on to become the most famous modernist slogan, as well as its shortest manifesto. This chapter is completely focused on the study of pounds translations. Pound was born in a small, twostorey house in hailey, idaho territory on october 30, 1885. Introduction mark byron ezra pounds rallying call to make it new became a.
Make it new ezra pound first edition first printing. Some aspects of ezra pound s theories of poetry and translation john dryden originally proposed the following basic possibilities for translation in the late seventeenthcentury a metaphrase that translates wordforword the original, which often results in a wooden text that doesnt entirely make sense in the receptor language. Gombeen man is irish slang for a moneylender but it also refers to unethical businessmen in general. Eliot, was one of the two main influences on british and u. Manuscript of t s eliots the waste land, with ezra pound. Pound author see all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
One of the most influential poets of the period was ezra pound, who proclaimed the maxim make it new. Ezra pound urges, leaning imposingly toward you, and you nod knowingly back at him. The letters of ezra pound to james joyce, with pound s critical essays and articles about joyce ezra pound, james joyce download bok. Analysis of make it new by ezra pound 1286 words bartleby.
T s eliots the waste land is full of references to other literary works. Part of the new roof on the shed over the third bay of the garage. Ezra pounds maxim, make it new canto liii is often quoted as a succinct summary of modernism. Pound s ear was tuned to the motz et sons of troubadour poetry where, as musicologist john stevens has noted, melody and ezra weston loomis pound was an american expatriate poet, critic and intellectual who was a major figure of. But the two of you are sitting in a packed bar in the east village at happy hour, and its a little hard to hear. A brief guide to modernism academy of american poets. Make it new is widely attributed to ezra pound and assumed to be the slogan he used to lead the charge for the modernist literary movement of which he was a champion. I come to you as a grown child who has had a pigheaded father. In london pound encountered and encouraged his fellow expatriate eliot, who wrote what is arguably the most famous poem of the twentieth centurythe waste landusing revolutionary techniques of composition, such as the collage. Make it new refers to ezra pound s 18851972 modernist imperative and his 1934 collection of essays of the same name. He grew up in pennsylvania and was educated at hamilton college and the university of pennsylvania, where he met william carlos williams and h. I cant begin to approach the expanse of it in a short blog post, so i will begin where i will end, with mercy.
The following text is surely the most compelling and clear of ezra pound s economic writings. Pdf the new ezra pound studies mark byron academia. The majority, however, are by the poet ezra pound, to whom eliot showed the whole poem in paris in january 1922. Imagism and ezra pound ezra pound was one of the greatest poets of the modern era, creating a literary movement known as imagism. Ezra pound 30 october 1885 1 november 1972 ezra weston loomis pound was an american expatriate poet and critic and a major figure in the early modernist movement in poetry. Aeschylus american amor appeared arnaut autem beauty beginning bien cest canzone character course criticism dans dante deal definite edition effect english existence feel fleur fleur du silence fleur hypocrite force french give greek guido heart hendecasyllables henry james. Seamus perry takes a look at four of the most important literary presences in the poem.