Anglo-french poetic exchanges in the little magazines, 1908–1914

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Abstract

This article demonstrates the extent and significance of exchange between English and French poets in the years leading up to World War I, a crucial period for the development of modern Anglophone poetry. Through archival research, I trace the growing interest in French poetry of Imagist poets F. S. Flint, Ezra Pound and Richard Aldington, exhibited in various little magazines including the New Age, Poetry Review, Poetry and Drama, Poetry, the New Freewoman and the Egoist. Moreover, I show that such interest was reciprocated by contemporary French poets, notably Henri-Martin Barzun and Guillaume Apollinaire, who published works by English poets in their respective little magazines Poème et Drame and Les Soirées de Paris. This suggests that not only were modern English poets influenced by their French counterparts, but they were also given a voice in the Francophone artistic world, resulting in a unique moment of cross-channel poetic exchange before the war.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)340-366
Number of pages27
JournalModernist Cultures
Volume16
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Ezra pound
  • F. S. flint
  • Les soirées de paris
  • Poème et drame
  • Richard aldington

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