T. E. Hulme

T. E. Hulme
T. E. Hulme
	T.E. Hulme in 1912
Born	Thomas Ernest Hulme; 16 September 1883; Endon, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Died	28 September 1917 (aged 34); Oostduinkerke, West Flanders, Belgium
Occupation	Poet, critic

Thomas Ernest Hulme (/hjuːm/; 16 September 1883 – 28 September 1917) was an English critic and poet who, through his writings on art, literature and politics, had a notable influence upon modernism.^[1] He was an aesthetic philosopher and the 'father of imagism'.^[2]

^ "Though Ezra Pound coined the word "Imagist" and served as chief publicist for the movement, it was the theories supplied by T. E. Hulme which gave the early Imagist experiments their 'authority and direction.' Both men served their common purpose well; together they called the tune for one of the most lively phases of the prewar poetic renascence. With Hulme as metaphysician and Pound as impresario, the Imagists 'did a lot of useful pioneering work. They dealt a blow at the post-Victorian magazine poets... They livened things up a lot. They made free verse popular... And they tried to attain an exacting if narrow standard of style in poetry.' Indirectly they did more. The Imagists, above all other prewar coteries, put into the hands of the poets of the twenties the technical charts and compasses by which to find their poetic way across the hard dry sands of the Wasteland." — Ross, Robert H. (1968). "Sound and Fury." In: Backgrounds to Modern Literature. San Francisco: Chandler Publishing Company, p. 58.
^ Hughes, Glenn, 'Imagism & Imagism', Stanford University Press 1931

[1] "Though Ezra Pound coined the word "Imagist" and served as chief publicist for the movement, it was the theories supplied by T. E. Hulme which gave the early Imagist experiments their 'authority and direction.' Both men served their common purpose well; together they called the tune for one of the most lively phases of the prewar poetic renascence. With Hulme as metaphysician and Pound as impresario, the Imagists 'did a lot of useful pioneering work. They dealt a blow at the post-Victorian magazine poets... They livened things up a lot. They made free verse popular... And they tried to attain an exacting if narrow standard of style in poetry.' Indirectly they did more. The Imagists, above all other prewar coteries, put into the hands of the poets of the twenties the technical charts and compasses by which to find their poetic way across the hard dry sands of the Wasteland." — Ross, Robert H. (1968). "Sound and Fury." In: Backgrounds to Modern Literature. San Francisco: Chandler Publishing Company, p. 58.

[2] Hughes, Glenn, 'Imagism & Imagism', Stanford University Press 1931

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T. E. Hulme
T.E. Hulme in 1912
Born	Thomas Ernest Hulme (1883-09-16)16 September 1883 Endon, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Died	28 September 1917(1917-09-28) (aged 34) Oostduinkerke, West Flanders, Belgium
Occupation	Poet, critic