Modernism and Experimentation: 1914-1945

By Nancy Morales M.
  • A Few Dont´s of an Imagiste" by Ezra Pound

    A Few Dont´s of an Imagiste" by Ezra Pound

    Ezra Pound was one of the most influential American poets of this century. From 1908 to
    1920,
  • Tender Buttons" by Gertrude Stein

    Tender Buttons" by Gertrude Stein

  • “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot

    “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot

    The famous beginning of Eliot's "Prufrock" invites the reader into tawdry alleys that, like
    modern life, offer no answers to the questions of life:
  • "In a Station of the Metro" by Ezra Pound

    "In a Station of the Metro" by Ezra Pound

  • The Young Housewife” by William Carlos Williams

    The Young Housewife” by William Carlos Williams

  • This Side of Paradise" by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

    This Side of Paradise" by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

  • "Three Soldiers" by John Dos Passos

    "Three Soldiers" by John Dos Passos

  • The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes

    The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes

  • The Wasteland" a poem by T.S. Elliot

    The Wasteland" a poem by T.S. Elliot

  • "Babbitt" a novel by Sinclair Lewis

    "Babbitt" a novel by Sinclair Lewis

  • “Voyages” by Hart Crane

  • The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams

    The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams

  • “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost

    “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost

  • Tamar" by Robinson Jeffers

  • The chief business of the American people is business,” was proclaimed by President Calvin Coolidge

    The chief business of the American people is business,” was proclaimed by President Calvin Coolidge

  • The Great Gatsby" by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

    The Great Gatsby" by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

  • The Sun also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

    The Sun also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

  • "The Sound and the Fury" by William Harrison Faulkner

    "The Sound and the Fury" by William Harrison Faulkner

  • "The Bridge" by Hart Crane

    "The Bridge" by Hart Crane

  • Harmonium" by Wallace Stevens

    Harmonium" by Wallace Stevens

  • "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck

    "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck