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Year

1930

Text

Ezra Pound become more of an 'orientalist' and incorporate in his poetic pursuits research into Chinese characters and history, and, most importantly the development of the 'ideogram method' as the basis for a new kind of poetry. He had already written the haiku In a station of the metro, as well as other lyrics influenced by the Japanese and also based on the Chinese translations of Herbert Giles.

Mentioned People (1)

Pound, Ezra  (Hailey, Idaho 1885-Venedig 1972) : Dichter, Schriftsteller
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Subjects

Literature : Occident : United States of America

Documents (1)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 2003 Laurence, Patricia. British modernism through Chinese eyes : Katherine Mansfield, D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce, T.S. Eliot. In : Laurence, Patricia. Lily Briscoe's Chinese eyes : Bloomsbury, modernism, and China. (Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, 2003). Publication / JoyJ1