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HILDA  DOOLITTLE WEBOGRAPHY

(1886-1961)



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

H. D. was more than just an Imagist poet, for she also wrote fictional and non fictional writings.  She did have some autobiographical work, like The Gift and Bid Me to Live.  The Gift is said to be about her childhood and about her dreams and fantasies at that time.  Bid Me to Live, which was not published until 1960, is about her traumatic time in 1919, her father had passes away, her brother was killed at war, and her marriage to Richard Aldington finally ended.  Her Imagist poetry did not start until 1913 and that was only due to the encouragement that Ezra Pound gave.  Pound was able to get three of her poems published in the Chicago magazine Poetry, those included including ìHermes of the Waysî, ìOrchardî, and ìEpigramî.  It was these three poems that caused people to consider H. D. to be one of the leaders of the Imagist movement.  She also published her first orginal book Sea Garden in 1916.  It was not until after World War II where she started drifting away from Imagism.  The first part of ìTrilogyî,  ìThe Walls Do Not Fallî, was her first break from Imagism. 

General Biography web site
    Provides a biography and rather new information
    about H. D.  Also if you didn't get the chance to
    check out the link to the pink moth on the bottom
    of this page, here is your second chance.

  The Pink Moth

Shorter Version of Biography

Hilda Doolittle and Ezra Pound
    Refers to the personal and poetic relationship
    between H. D. and Ezra Pound.

Chronology of H. D.
    Briefly goes through each important year of H. D.'s
    life.  This site gives a good insight on how accomplished
    her work was and also gives a good understanding of type
    of struggles she went through.

H. D. - The Academy of American Poets

H. D. - Modern American Poetry web site

H, D. in the Imagist Movement
    This site has not only information about H.D. it also
    has a link to a larger group of Imagist Women.

Sample of a couple of HD's poetry
    This site just has a list of a few poems H. D. wrote.

This page was created by Rebecca Galassi on the 12 of January 2001, for the purpose of a class on Modern American Poetry.