Paterson (Revised)
William Carlos Williams
(Author)
Christopher Macgowan
(Editor)
Description
Paterson is both a place--the New Jersey city in whom the person (the poet's own life) and the public (the history of the region) are combined. Originally four books (published individually between 1946 and 1951), the structure of Paterson (in Dr. Williams' words) follows the course of teh Passaic River from above the great falls to its entrance into the sea. The unexpected Book Five, published in 1958, affirms the triumphant life of the imagination, in spite of age and death. This revised edition has been meticulously re-edited by Christopher MacGowan, who has supplied a wealth of notes and explanatory material.Product Details
Price
$17.95
$16.69
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publish Date
April 17, 1995
Pages
328
Dimensions
5.19 X 0.9 X 7.92 inches | 0.79 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780811212984
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About the Author
Besides being a practicing physician, William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) was a poet, short-story writer, novelist, translator, playwright, and essayist whose contribution to the development of modern American poetry grew out of his commitment to recording the local experience of Rutherford, New Jersey, and its environs.
Christopher MacGowan is Professor of English at the College of William and Mary, Virginia. He is the author of Twentieth-Century American Poetry and William Carlos Williams's Early Poetry: The Visual Arts Background and editor of numerous books, including The Letters of Denise Levertov and William Carlos Williams and The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams, Volumes I and II.