Imagism Pt. 2: The House That Hulme Built

Mea culpa: Yes, I know "Sailing to Byzantium" was written like 20 years after "Conversion." By the time I realized my anachronism, it was too late. Something something Borges retroactive influence...

Topics discussed in this episode include:

-Mary Renault's "The King Must Die."

-Decadence begets Primitivism

-Gauguin, Picasso, Stravinsky

-Gustave Kahn and vers libre

-T.E. Hulme's essay, Lecture On Modern Poetry

-T.E. Hulme's essay, Romanticism and Classicism

-Symbolism vs. Imagism

-The conservative flavor of 20th century Classicism

-Science, Politics, and Gnosticism by Eric Voegelin

-Gettin' zesty

-Autumn by T.E. Hulme

-Conversion by T.E. Hulme

-The saga continues...

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