Dear colleagues, Even if the Russian acmeism often has been considered an analogue to imagism, this is not undisputed. Actually there was a more avantgarde (but poetically less significant) movement in Russia just after the revolution which called itself Imagism or "Imaginism" with Vadim Shershenevich as the leader and Sergei Esenin as its most prominent (but rather untypical) representative. See Anna Lawtons informative article on Imaginism -> Imagism in Victor Terras (ed.), Handbook of Russian Literature, Yale U. P. 1985 (with a good bibliography up to the 1980's; Nils Åke Nilsson specifically discusses the relation between Anglo-American Imagism and "Imaginism" in his little book from 1970). Vladimir Markovs "Russian Imagism 1919-1924" (1980) is probably, in spite of the title, in Russian (a translation is said to be forthcoming). Elaine >Rusinko should have a recent article about the relation between Acemism and Anglo-American Imagism (write to: [log in to unmask]) If you find Anna Lawton somewhere on the Internet she might give you an updated bibliography on the subject. All the best, Lars Kleberg Sent by: - Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine <[log in to unmask]> 04-09-29 03.24 Please respond to - Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine To: [log in to unmask] cc: Subject: Re: Soviet Imagism Bill Pratt wrote: Yes, Soviet Imagism was called Acmeism. The main poets were Gumilyov, Akhmatova, and Mandelstamm--all distinguished names. Bill Pratt [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) Thank you Rick Seddon