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1、111THEORISTSOFMODERNISTPOETRY01‘NoonecanunderstandtherevolutionthatwasModernisminAnglo-AmericawithoutsomefamiliaritywiththetheoreticalandcriticalwritingsofEliotandPound–andbeforethem,T.E.Hulme...RebeccaBeasley’sTheoristsofModernistPoetryprovidesnewcomersto

2、thisfieldwithanexcellentintroductiontothecomplexstrainsthatinformthepoetictheoriesinquestionandarguesconvincinglythat,howeverproblematicthelaterpoliticsofEliotandPound,thelegacyoftheirpoeticsremainscrucialtoday.’MarjoriePerloff,StanfordUniversity1110Thisvo

3、lumeexaminesT.S.Eliot,T.E.HulmeandEzraPound,threeofthemostinfluentialfiguresofthemodernistmovement,andarguesthatwecannotdissociatetheirbold,inventivepoeticformsfromtheirprofoundlyengagedtheoriesofsocialandpoliticalreform.Tracingthecomplextheoreticalfoundatio

4、nsofmodernistpoetics,RebeccaBeasleyexamines:•theaestheticmodesandtheoriesthatformedacontextformodernism•theinfluenceofcontemporaryphilosophicalmovements•themodernistcritiqueofdemocracy•theimportanceoftheFirstWorldWar•modernism’sprogrammesforsocialreform0111

5、ExaminingthecriticalthoughtandpoetryofEliot,HulmeandPound,thisvolumeoffersinvaluableinsightintothemodernistmovement,aswellasdemonstratingthedeepinfluenceofthethreepoetsontheshapeandvaluesofthedisciplineofEnglishLiteratureitself.Inthisway,TheoristsofModernis

6、tPoetryisrelevantnotonlytostudentsofmodernism,buttoallthosewithaninterestinwhywestudy,teach,readandevaluateliteraturethewaywedo.RebeccaBeasleyteachesintheSchoolofEnglishandHumanities,Birkbeck,UniversityofLondon,andistheauthorofEzraPoundandtheVisualCulture9

7、11ofModernism(2007).ROUTLEDGECRITICALTHINKERSSeriesEditor:RobertEaglestone,RoyalHolloway,UniversityofLondonRoutledgeCriticalThinkersisaseriesofaccessibleintroductionstokeyfiguresincontemporarycriticalthought.Withauniquefocusonhistoricalandintellectualcontex

8、ts,thevolumesinthisseriesexamineimportanttheorists’:•significance•motivation•keyideasandtheirsources•impactonotherthinkersConcludingwithextensivelyannotatedguidestofurtherreading,RoutledgeCriticalThinkersareth