Technology George Antheil, “Ballet Mécanique” (1926), Performed by the Mendelssohn String Quartet “Georgians” Virginia Woolf ( ) James Joyce ( ) T. S. Eliot ( ) D. H. Lawrence ( ) Lytton Strachey ( ) “Edwardians” Arnold Bennett ( ) John Galsworthy ( ) H. G. Wells ( ) Other English writers Rebecca West ( ) Aldous Huxley ( ) George Orwell ( ) Italian Futurists F. T. Marinetti ( ) Giacomo Balla ( ) Umberto Boccioni ( ) Carlo Carrà ( ) Imagists and Vorticists Ezra Pound ( ) T. E. Hulme ( ) Wyndham Lewis ( ) Amy Lowell ( )

The “Georgians” Virginia WoolfJames Joyce T. S. Eliot D. H. Lawrence Lytton Strachey

The “Edwardians” Arnold Bennett John Galsworthy H. G. Wells

Max Beerbohm, Mr. H. G. Wells and his patent mechanical New Republic, and the Spirit of Pure Reason crowning him President (view of Presidential Palace in background) Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Rebecca West

Gilbert and Sullivan, “The Mikado” (Promotional Poster)

James Joyce Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Edward Gorey, cover for “The War of the Worlds”

1909 Benz Race Car Winged “Victory” of Samothrace

Giacomo Balla, “Speed of an Automobile + Lights” (1913)

Giacomo Balla, “Dog on a Leash” (1912)

Umberto Boccioni, “Unique Forms of Continuity in Space” (1913)

Wyndham Lewis, “Ezra Pound” (1939)

Tenets of Imagism Direct treatment of the ‘thing,’ whether subjective or objective. To use absolutely no word that does not contribute to the presentation. As regarding rhythm: to compose in the sequence of the musical phrase, not the sequence of a metronome.

“In a Station of the Metro” The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.

First editions of Pound’s “Des Imagistes” (1914) and Lowell’s “Some Imagist Poets” (1915) Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Wyndham Lewis, “Kermesse” (1912) Yale Center for British Art

Cover of second issue of BLAST Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library