Hugh Selwyn Mauberley
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Hugh Selwyn Mauberley is a modernist long poem by Ezra Pound that satirically reflects on art, culture, and the disillusionment of the post–World War I era.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hugh Selwyn Mauberley canonical | 3 |
| "Mauberley" sequence | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
long poem
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modernist poem ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| author | Ezra Pound ⓘ |
| character | Hugh Selwyn Mauberley self-link ⓘ |
| characterRole | fictional poet ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | considered one of Pound’s major shorter works ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1920 ⓘ |
| followsWork | Cathay ⓘ |
| form | sequence of short poems ⓘ |
| genre | modernist poetry ⓘ |
| hasFamousLine |
"For three years, out of key with his time"
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"The age demanded an image" ⓘ |
| hasPart |
"E.P. Ode pour l’élection de son sépulchre"
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Hugh Selwyn Mauberley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
"Mauberley" sequence
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| influenced |
critical views of Pound’s early career
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later modernist poets ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French symbolism
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surface form:
French Symbolism
Victorian poetry ⓘ classical literature ⓘ |
| isSatireOf |
Pound’s own earlier aesthetic ideals
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contemporary literary culture ⓘ |
| isSemiAutobiographical | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | post–World War I ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
allusion
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fragmentation ⓘ irony ⓘ parody ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
art and culture in a commercial society
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critique of literary tradition ⓘ disillusionment after World War I ⓘ failure of the artist in modern society ⓘ |
| meter | varied ⓘ |
| narrativeMode |
lyric
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satirical ⓘ |
| numberOfSections | 18 ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorCareer | marks the close of Pound’s early period ⓘ |
| precedesWork | The Cantos ⓘ |
| publisher | The Ovid Press ⓘ |
| relatedMovement |
Imagism
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Vorticism ⓘ |
| setting | early 20th-century London cultural scene ⓘ |
| subject |
commercialization of art
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decadence of contemporary culture ⓘ war and sacrifice ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ezra Pound
this entity surface form:
"Mauberley" sequence