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Historians, and writers in different disciplines, have suggested various dates as starting points for modernism. William Everdell has argued that modernism began in the 1870s, when a metaphorical continuing began.
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On this date, Ezra Pound is born in his hometown of Hailey, Idaho Territory, the only child of Homer Loomis Pound and Isabel Weston. "Ezra Pound." 2013. The Biography Channel website. Feb 01 2013, 11:54 http://www.biography.com/people/ezra-pound-9445428.b
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Ezra Pound attended Cheltenham Military Academy from 1898 to 1900, where cadets were taught to shoot, military drilling, and submitting to authority. They wore Civil-War style uniforms.
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Pound was admitted to the University of Pennsylvania's College of Liberal Arts in 1901 at the age of 15 during a trip of Europe with his mother. "Ezra Pound." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 02 Feb. 2013. Web. 03 Feb. 2013.
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With his parents and Frances Weston, Pound took another three-month European tour in 1902, after which he transferred to Hamilton College in Clinton, New York possibly because of poor grades http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Pound#Education
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In 1908, Ezra Pound completes "A Lume Spento". The writing was privately printed by A. Antonini in Venice, Italy. "Ezra Pound." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 02 Feb. 2013. Web. 03 Feb. 2013.
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In 1912 Anna Akhmatova writes Vecher/Вечер. "Anna Akhmatova." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 02 Feb. 2013. Web. 03 Feb. 2013.
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In 1929, William Faulkner Writes The Sound And The Fury. William Faulkner." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 02 Mar. 2013. Web. 03 Feb. 2013.
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By 1930, Modernism had entered popular culture. With the increasing urbanization of populations, it was beginning to be looked to as the source for ideas to deal with the challenges of the day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernism#Modernism:_1930.E2.80.931945
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In 1930, William Faulkner writes As I Lay Dying. William Faulkner." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 02 Mar. 2013. Web. 03 Feb. 2013.
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In 1932, William Faulkner Writes Light in August. William Faulkner." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 02 Mar. 2013. Web. 03 Feb. 2013.
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In 1933, W.H. Auden writes The Dance of Death. "W. H. Auden." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 02 Feb. 2013. Web. 03 Feb. 2013.
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One of the most visible changes of this period was the adoption of new technologies into daily life of ordinary people. Electricity, the telephone, the radio, the automobile—and the need to work with them, repair them and live with them—created social change. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernism#Modernism:_1930.E2.80.931945
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In 1935, W.H. Auden writes The Dog Beneath The Skin. "W. H. Auden." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 02 Feb. 2013. Web. 03 Feb. 2013.
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In 1936, W.H. Auden Writes Look, Stranger! "W. H. Auden." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 02 Feb. 2013. Web. 03 Feb. 2013.
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In 1943, Anna Akhmatova writes Izbrannoe Stikhi. "Anna Akhmatova." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 02 Feb. 2013. Web. 03 Feb. 2013.
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His pro-Fascist broadcasts in Italy during World War II led to his arrest and confinement until 1958. "Ezra Pound." 2013. The Biography Channel website. Feb 01 2013, 11:54 http://www.biography.com/people/ezra-pound-9445428.
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In 1965, Anna Akhmatova writes Beg vremeni. "Anna Akhmatova." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 02 Feb. 2013. Web. 03 Feb. 2013.
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Anna Akhmatova writes Stikhotvoreniyain 1965, 1 year before her death. "Anna Akhmatova." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 02 Feb. 2013. Web. 03 Feb. 2013.
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In 1968, Ezra Pound finishes his last writing, drafts and fragments: Cantos CX-CXVII. New Directions.
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Ezra Pound, the famous writer, dies in Venice, Italy. He was known as one of the creators of modernism and had a big role in the beginnings of Modernism.
