American modernism

According to the Poetry Foundation, Modernism originated by growing “out of the philosophical, scientific, political, and ideological shifts that followed the Industrial Revolution, up to World War I and its aftermath.” Furthermore, it “was a re-evaluation of the assumptions and aesthetic values of their predecessors.” As Modernism began, many writers including T.S. Eliot, William Butler Yeats, and Ezra Pound began creating poems with this new, innovative style. One such writer, Wallace Stevens,…

Chapter 10 ?Mabel Daniels?s Place in American Composition? Mabel Daniels and her work mirror many of the important themes of her time, reflecting shifts in American society and culture from the nineteenth to the twentieth centuries. Profound and rapid changes in technology and lifestyle provoked a range of responses from embracing the avant-garde to resisting it. In Chapter 1 I argued Daniels?s importance to the history of American music. While many of her works are powerful and merit…

“Modernism is a cultural trend that arose in the western society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries following the horror of the World War I”. . . .“Modernism, in general, includes the activities and creations of those who felt the traditional forms of art, architecture, literature, religious faith, philosophy, social organization, and activities of daily life were becoming outdated in the new economic, social, and political environment of an emerging fully industrialized world”…

Modernism was a change in the style of writing that was different from the previous era that writers used. After World War I, people were looking for a sense of meaning in the new world and Modernism was a new way for writers to open up and express their inner feelings. This change was necessary and welcomed by the people during the time period with everything going on in the world. Authors during the new era used Modernism to freely express emotions within their writings. “The modern…

with an eye towards current events and cultural influences, Williams is building something beautifully simplistic in his poetry. Towards the beginning of his efforts in poetry Williams’ underlines the fears associated with the cultural change to modernism, and the prevalent criticisms within it. This is seen the most obviously in his poem The Young Housewife. With a definitive focus on simple lines and modern day life, The Young Housewife sits as a solidification of not only Williams’ dream for…

Modernism and postmodernism literature The 20th century can be separated into two distinct periods; one characterized by the modernism movement and the other by postmodernism. Some consider that postmodernism was a response to modernism and therefore consider them as two aspects of the same movement. The Modern Age in English Literature started from the beginning of the twentieth century, and it followed the Victorian Age. Modernism refers to cultural movements of the late nineteenth and…

Ginsberg: A Modern Whitman with a Twist Postmodernism, a movement in the late 20th century, followed the Modernism movement during the late 19th and early 20th century. The Modernism movement is characterized as a movement that steered away from 19th century traditions in art, religion and faith, and literature. It encouraged rebellion against the cultural norm, was a change for the believed “outdated” day to day life, and focused on finding the meaning/root. At the time, it was…

the case for many post-modernist artists, for they are sometimes influenced by the era of art before them, the modernists. The era of modernism was around for the first half of the 20th century. Its distinguishing feature was its determination to dispense with the past (Taylor). Ezra Pound used the phrase "to make it new" to describe this period of art. Post-modernism emerged after World War…

American Literature has constantly changed throughout time as the American culture has changed. Style and content has been the largest factors used to differentiate between multiple authors in many different time periods. Authors use different styles and contents to teach readers messages that they believe are meaningful. When all the differences are put aside, readers can see one common theme in all of American Literature. An author’s main purpose is to show who they truly are or what they…

Doolittle’s American Dream She has been described as a “frenetic” traveler, an “innovative” author, but most of all, an American whose bond with her nation “was fundamental in her literary imagination” (Kelly 394). Hilda Doolittle, otherwise known as H.D., was all of these and more. From her poems, “Sea Rose” is a fine example of modernist writing in an age where new literary sights had become conceivable and American authors were set on its experimentation. Before this movement, traditional…