ABSTRACT
Frank Stewart Flint and Ezra Pound were the most prolific commentators on French poetry of the decade, their writing full of the names of their contemporaries, Francis Jammes, Paul Claudel, Andre Spire and others, as they vied to provide readers with news of the latest developments in France. The war interrupted much of England's cultural activity, including the publication of many of the literary magazines had fostered interest in French poetry. Nonetheless, the War brought its own phase of sympathy with France and patriotically motivated translations of French poetry. The focus of the Imagist movement's response to French poetry was the possible influence that this might exert upon English poetry, rather than necessarily a desire to 'spread the word' of the worth of French poetry to more readers. Flint's 'French Chronicles' for Poetry and Drama are no exception, and cover a wide range of living French poets.
