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1、EzraPound（1885-1972）ChronologyborninHailey,IdahofamilymovedtoPhiladelphiafamilysettledintotheirlong-termresidenceinPennsylvaniaPoundenrolledinWyncotePublicSchoolPoundtransferstoCheltenhamMilitaryAcademyChronologyAuntFrankWestontakesPoundandhismothertoEurope，vi
2、sitingGilbralter,TunisiaandVenice,laterrecalledintheCantos.EntersUniversityofPennsylvaniawhereinhissecondyearhemeetsWilliamCarlosWilliams，amedicalstudent.AlsomeetsHildaDoolittle(H.D.)whosefatherteachesastronomyattheuniversity.WithH.D.,foundsthenewImagistschool
3、.ChronologyWorksasYeat’ssecretaryforthefirstofthreewintersatStoneCottage.marriesDorothyShakespearandmovestoKensington.WithWyndhamLewisdevelopstheVorticistmovement.InParis,meetstheAmerican-bornconcertviolinistOlgaRudge,whoisnowmainlyrememberedasPound’slong-term
4、mistress,bywhomshehadadaughter,Mary.ChronologymeetsMussoliniinRome.MussolinideclareswarandinvadesAbyssinia(referredtotheEthiopianEmpirethatconsistedofmodernEthiopiaandEritrea).BeginsregularradiobroadcastsonshortwavefromRometoAmericaandtoAmericantroopsinsupport
5、,heclaims,oftheUSConstitution.TheyarehighlycriticalofRooseveltandthewareffort,aswellasantisemitic(hostilitytoorprejudiceagainstJews).ImagismImagismwasapoeticvoguethatflourishedinEngland,andevenmorevigorouslyinAmerica,betweentheyears1912and1917.Itwasplannedande
6、xemplifiedbyagroupofEnglishandAmericanwritersinLondon,partlyundertheinfluenceofthepoetictheoryofT.E.Hulme,asarevoltagainstwhatEzraPoundcalledthe“ratherblurry,messy…sentimentalisticmannerish”poetryattheturnofthecentury.(Cf.Survey,159)OlgaRudge(1895–1996)Thought
7、alentedasaviolinist,herconsiderabletalentsandreputationwereeventuallyeclipsedbythoseofherlover,inwhoseshadesheappearedcontenttoremain.OlgaRudge,circus1915“APact”Thefamousopeningcarriesoverthenoteofspeciousexasperationfrom1909.Butthepoemmakesaninterestinganduna
8、nticipatedtonalshift.“APact”Thebreakingofthe“newwood”mustbereferredtotherevolutionthatisWhitman’sprosody(thepatternsofrhythm).“Pigheadedness”standsforWhitman’slackofrefinement,wher
