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Technology
George Antheil, “Ballet Mécanique” (1926), Performed by the Mendelssohn String Quartet
“Georgians”Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)James Joyce (1882-1941)T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930)Lytton Strachey (1880-1932)
“Edwardians”Arnold Bennett (1867-1931)John Galsworthy (1867-1933)H. G. Wells (1866-1946)
Other English writersRebecca West (1892-1983)Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)George Orwell (1903-1950)
Italian FuturistsF. T. Marinetti (1876-1944)Giacomo Balla (1871-1958)Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916)Carlo Carrà (1881-1966)
Imagists and VorticistsEzra Pound (1885-1972)T. E. Hulme (1883-1917)Wyndham Lewis (1884-1957)Amy Lowell (1874-1925)
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The “Georgians”
Virginia Woolf James Joyce T. S. Eliot
D. H. Lawrence Lytton Strachey
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The “Edwardians”
Arnold Bennett John Galsworthy H. G. Wells
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Max Beerbohm,Mr. H. G. Wells and hispatent mechanical New Republic, and the Spirit of Pure Reasoncrowning him President(view of PresidentialPalace in background)
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Rebecca West
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Gilbert and Sullivan, “The Mikado” (Promotional Poster)
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James Joyce Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Edward Gorey, cover for “The War of the Worlds”
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1909 Benz Race CarWinged “Victory” of Samothrace
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Giacomo Balla, “Speed of an Automobile + Lights” (1913)
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Giacomo Balla, “Dog on a Leash” (1912)
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Umberto Boccioni, “Unique Forms of Continuity in Space” (1913)
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Wyndham Lewis, “Ezra Pound” (1939)
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Tenets of Imagism
• Direct treatment of the ‘thing,’ whether subjective or objective.
• To use absolutely no word that does not contribute to the presentation.
• As regarding rhythm: to compose in the sequence of the musical phrase, not the sequence of a metronome.
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“In a Station of the Metro”
The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.
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First editions of Pound’s “Des Imagistes” (1914) and Lowell’s “Some Imagist Poets” (1915) Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Wyndham Lewis, “Kermesse” (1912)Yale Center for British Art
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Cover of second issue of BLASTBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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