H. D.
(1886 - 1961)
(Full name Hilda Doolittle; also wrote under the pseudonym John Helforth) American poet, novelist, playwright, translator, memoirist, and editor.
Introduction
Principal Works
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The American poet, translator, and novelist Hilda Doolittle (1886-1961), generally called H. D., was an imagist whose lyric art conveys intense feelings through sharp images and "free" forms.Hilda Doo...
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Hilda Doolittle is best known as the "perfect" Imagist. Since the publication of three short poems in January 1913, under the name "H. D., Imagiste," she has been the model of Imagism, the 1913-1917 l...
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H. D.'s life and work recapitulate the central themes of literary modernism: the emergence from Victorian norms and certainties, the entry into an age characterized by rapid technological change and t...
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H. D.
Hilda Doolittle
Hilda Doolittle
