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Definition of Imagism
1. Noun. A movement by American and English poets early in the 20th century in reaction to Victorian sentimentality; used common speech in free verse with clear concrete imagery.
Definition of Imagism
1. Noun. A form of poetry utilising precise imagery and clear language ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Imagism
1. a movement in poetry [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imagism
Literary usage of Imagism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"Harper 130:962-4 My '15 imagism imagism: another view. ... New Repub 3:154-5 Je
12 '15 Limits to imagism. C. Aiken. New Repub 3: 2u4-5 Je 26 '15 New ..."
2. The Poetic Year for 1916: A Critical Anthology by William Stanley Braithwaite (1917)
"I don't accept mere imagism as poetry any more than I accept mere verse as ...
My answer to your question, Jason, is that imagism is verse-making as much as ..."
3. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1916)
"imagism, before it went off into froth, and before stray editors used to write
to me to complain that their mail was full of imitations of "imagism, ..."
4. The Ideals and Tendencies of Modern Art by Edward Clarence Farnsworth (1917)
"Exactly ! but supposing one itching for notoriety has nothing worthily original
to communicate, then to him imagism must be a godsend, because, ..."
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