Imagism

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20th-century literary movement literary movement modernist movement poetic movement

Imagism was an early 20th-century poetic movement that emphasized precise imagery, clear language, and economy of expression, strongly influencing the development of modernist poetry.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Imagism canonical	24
Imagist poetry	3
Imagist poets	2
Imagisme	1
Objectivist poetry	1
Objectivist poets	1
The Imagists	1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	20th-century literary movement ⓘ literary movement ⓘ modernist movement ⓘ poetic movement ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
emphasizes	brevity ⓘ exact word choice ⓘ sensory experience ⓘ visual images ⓘ
endTime	around 1917 ⓘ
floruit	1912 ⓘ 1913 ⓘ 1914 ⓘ
genre	poetry ⓘ
hasCorePrinciple	compose in the sequence of the musical phrase, not in sequence of a metronome ⓘ direct treatment of the thing ⓘ use absolutely no word that does not contribute to the presentation ⓘ
hasMainCharacteristic	avoidance of abstraction ⓘ clear language ⓘ compression ⓘ concrete detail ⓘ direct treatment of the subject ⓘ economy of expression ⓘ free verse ⓘ precise imagery ⓘ rhythms of musical phrase rather than metronome ⓘ
hasNotableProponent	Amy Lowell ⓘ D. H. Lawrence ⓘ Ezra Pound ⓘ F. S. Flint ⓘ Ford Madox Ford ⓘ H.D. ⓘ James Joyce ⓘ John Gould Fletcher ⓘ Richard Aldington ⓘ William Carlos Williams ⓘ
hasNotableText	A Few Don’ts by an Imagiste ⓘ Imagism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Imagisme
hasNotableWork	Cathay ⓘ Des Imagistes ⓘ Sea Garden ⓘ Some Imagist Poets ⓘ
influenced	American modernist poetry ⓘ British modernist poetry ⓘ Ezra Pound ⓘ H.D. ⓘ Objectivist poetry ⓘ T. S. Eliot ⓘ Vorticism ⓘ William Carlos Williams ⓘ modernist poetry ⓘ
influencedBy	French symbolism ⓘ surface form: French Symbolism Greek lyric poetry ⓘ classical Chinese poetry ⓘ classical Japanese poetry ⓘ haiku ⓘ tanka ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
movementCenter	London, England ⓘ surface form: London New York City ⓘ Paris ⓘ
opposedTo	Georgian poetry ⓘ Victorian poetic diction ⓘ romantic vagueness ⓘ
partOf	modernism ⓘ
startTime	1908 ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Modernism → associatedWith → Imagism ⓘ

Ezra Pound → movement → Imagism ⓘ

Lowell family → movement → Imagism ⓘ

subject surface form: Amy Lowell

Imagism → hasNotableText → Imagism self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imagisme

San Francisco Renaissance → movementInfluencedBy → Imagism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Objectivist poetry

Black Mountain poets → influencedBy → Imagism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Objectivist poets

Autumn → movement → Imagism ⓘ

subject surface form: Autumn (poem)

Autumn → movement → Imagism ⓘ

subject surface form: T. E. Hulme

Above the Dock → genre → Imagism ⓘ

Above the Dock → literaryMovement → Imagism ⓘ

Symbolist poets → influenced → Imagism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imagist poets

Pound → movement → Imagism ⓘ

subject surface form: Ezra Pound

Hugh Selwyn Mauberley → relatedMovement → Imagism ⓘ

Ripostes → literaryMovement → Imagism ⓘ

Personae → literaryMovement → Imagism ⓘ

ABC of Reading → influencedBy → Imagism ⓘ

H.D. → movement → Imagism ⓘ

William Carlos Williams → movement → Imagism ⓘ

French symbolism → influenced → Imagism ⓘ

Amy Lowell → movement → Imagism ⓘ

Amy Lowell → notableFor → Imagism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imagist poetry

Richard Aldington → movement → Imagism ⓘ

Des Imagistes → literaryMovement → Imagism ⓘ

Des Imagistes → hasSubject → Imagism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imagist poetry

Des Imagistes → titleMeaning → Imagism ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Imagists

Cathay → literaryMovement → Imagism ⓘ

Sea Garden → literaryMovement → Imagism ⓘ

A Few Don’ts by an Imagiste → movement → Imagism ⓘ

A Few Don’ts by an Imagiste → mainSubject → Imagism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imagist poetry

F. S. Flint → movement → Imagism ⓘ

John Gould Fletcher → movement → Imagism ⓘ

John Gould Fletcher → influencedBy → Imagism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imagist poets

American poetry → hasMovement → Imagism ⓘ