Imagism, A Chapter for the History of Modern Poetry
A first edition of Stanley K Coffman's classic study
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First US edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 21 × 14cm, 235pp.
A study of Imagism poetry and poets including Hilda Doolittle, Ford Madox Hueffer, T E Hulme, Richard Aldington, John Gould Fletcher, Amy Lowell and D H Lawrence. Imagism provided an important stimulus for new verse forms and fresh vitality of expression in a period that seemed to have lost sympathy for verse. "In this complete and definitive handling of the complex forces that produced Imagism, Coffman evaluates and defines Imagism. detailing its history and telling of the struggle between Ezra Pound and Amy Lowell for leadership of the movement. He explains the principles set forth in the manifestoes and anthologies and traces the relationship of Imagism to French Symbolism, to Vorticism, and to the other isms of the day."
Condition
The book itself is in very good condition, with some tanning to the endpapers but the main body of text is in good clean condition with secure binding. The dustwrapper is sunned to the edges and neatly price-clipped but remains acceptable. This copy with the bookplate of Anne Powell, historian, author, and anthologist of twentieth century war writings.
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£35.00
