E. Formal Analysis Essay #2 Modernism & Imagism in the Early 20th Century In the early 20th century until about 1960, there were two really important movements in literature and the arts. The first was introduced in the mid-19th century and was called “Modernism”. The second was introduced around 1910 and it was called “Imagism”. Both of these movements were very apparent in literature at the time. For the purpose of this essay, we will only focus on poetry by T.S. Eliot and Allen Ginsberg, although
literature appears on a completely new level with emergence of modernism. Literature of modernism reaches its peak in America from 1920 until 1940s. From the most outstanding representatives of the trend we can note such authors as E.Hemingway, W.Faulkner and F.S.Fitzgerald. Among those brilliant writers Fitzgerald occupies a special place – equal among the best, distinguishing with an inimitable inventiveness. Francis Scott Fitzgerald – a great American writer who made an impact on history of world
Literature has been one of the best forms of entertainment, education, research, and expression of ideas and emotions. Romanticism, Modernism, Realism, and Naturalism are forms of literature that have made an impact to society’s interpretation of emotion. With literature readers can sense a change of emotion from the author's tone, word choice, and parallelism, technology is just not efficient in portraying human emotion. Literature has had a greater impact on how civilizations have formed and prospered