Remembering William Carlos Williams

Remembering William Carlos Williams PDF Author: James Laughlin
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811213073
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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A little gem. Laughlin, founder and publisher of New Directions, employs an unpretentious free-verse meter and a colloquial tone in this recollection of Williams' work, taken from a longer poem-in- progress, Byways. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Remembering William Carlos Williams

Remembering William Carlos Williams PDF Author: James Laughlin
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811213073
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Book Description
A little gem. Laughlin, founder and publisher of New Directions, employs an unpretentious free-verse meter and a colloquial tone in this recollection of Williams' work, taken from a longer poem-in- progress, Byways. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

A River of Words

A River of Words PDF Author: Jen Bryant
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 1467432547
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43

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2009 Caldecott Honor Book An ALA Notable Book A New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book A Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book NCTE Notable Children’s Book When he wrote poems, he felt as free as the Passaic River as it rushed to the falls. Willie’s notebooks filled up, one after another. Willie’s words gave him freedom and peace, but he also knew he needed to earn a living. So he went off to medical school and became a doctor -- one of the busiest men in town! Yet he never stopped writing poetry. In this picture book biography of William Carlos Williams, Jen Bryant’s engaging prose and Melissa Sweet’s stunning mixed-media illustrations celebrate the amazing man who found a way to earn a living and to honor his calling to be a poet.

The Poetry of William Carlos Williams of Rutherford

The Poetry of William Carlos Williams of Rutherford PDF Author: Wendell Berry
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1582438676
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 111

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A “superb study” that “reminds us that Williams remains our contemporary not only for the lively cadences and fresh imagery that animate his poems, but for the ethical imperative of his example” (The Sewanee Review). Acclaimed essayist and poet Wendell Berry was born and has always lived in a provincial part of the country without an established literary culture. In an effort to adapt his poetry to his place of Henry County, Kentucky, Berry discovered an enduringly useful example in the work of William Carlos Williams. In Williams’ commitment to his place of Rutherford, New Jersey, Berry found an inspiration that inevitably influenced the direction of his own writing. Both men would go on to establish themselves as respected American poets, and here Berry sets forth his understanding of that evolution for Williams, who in the course of his local membership and service, became a poet indispensable to us all. “Generously quoting many of Williams’ best lines . . . Berry produces a work of aesthetics more than evaluation, of love more than critique.” —Booklist

Asphodel, that Greeny Flower & Other Love Poems

Asphodel, that Greeny Flower & Other Love Poems PDF Author: William Carlos Williams
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811212830
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 70

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A dozen poems on love by a New Jersey obstetrician (1883-1963) who often wrote them on office prescription pads. In the title poem, first published when he was 72, he wrote: "What power has love but forgiveness? / In other words / by its intervention / what has been done / can be undone."

The Collected Later Poems of William Carlos Williams

The Collected Later Poems of William Carlos Williams PDF Author: William Carlos Williams
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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Pictures from Brueghel

Pictures from Brueghel PDF Author: William Carlos Williams
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811202343
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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A collection of poems written between 1950 and 1962 by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, including the complete texts of two earlier volumes, as well as a selection of previously uncollected works.

Early Poems

Early Poems PDF Author: William Carlos Williams
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486292940
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Fine selection of early verse by influential ("no ideas but in things") American poet includes "Peace on Earth," "Willow Poem," "Queen-Anne's-Lace," "Tract," "El Hombre," "Danse Russe," "Keller Gegen Dom," "Portrait of a Lady," "The Widow's Lament in Springtime," many more.

The Selected Letters of William Carlos Williams

The Selected Letters of William Carlos Williams PDF Author: William Carlos Williams
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811209342
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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Long unavailable, The Selected Letters of William Carlos Williams is now reissued as a New Directions Paperbook. Spanning fifty-four years, this collection record the creative growth of one of the twentieth century's most influential and versatile writers.

Spring and All

Spring and All PDF Author: William Carlos Williams
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 1513288040
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 53

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Spring and All (1923) is a book of poems by William Carlos Williams. Predominately known as a poet, Williams frequently pushed the limits of prose style throughout his works, often comprised of a seamless blend of both forms of writing. In Spring and All, the closest thing to a manifesto he wrote, Williams addresses the nature of his modern poetics which not only pursues a particularly American idiom, but attempts to capture the relationship between language and the world it describes. Part essay, part poem, Spring and All is a landmark of American literature from a poet whose daring search for the outer limits of life both redefined and expanded the meaning of language itself. “There is a constant barrier between the reader and his consciousness of immediate contact with the world. If there is an ocean it is here.” In Spring and All, Williams identifies the incomprehensible nature of consciousness as the single most important subject of poetry. Accused of being “heartless” and “cruel,” of producing “positively repellant” works of art in order to “make fun of humanity,” Williams doesn’t so much defend himself as dig in his heels. His poetry is addressed “[t]o the imagination” itself; it seeks to break down the “the barrier between sense and the vaporous fringe which distracts the attention from its agonized approaches to the moment.” When he states that “so much depends / upon // a red wheel / barrow,” he refers to the need to understand the nature of language, which keeps us in touch with the world. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of William Carlos Williams’ Spring and All is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.

Remembering Heaven's Face

Remembering Heaven's Face PDF Author: John Balaban
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 9780820324159
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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The author recounts his years in Vietnam as a conscientious objector, serving as a teacher and a rescue worker for an organization that sent children with war injuries to the United States.