In the American Grain
Although admired by D. H. Lawrence, this modern classic went generally unnoticed during the years after its publication in 1925. Yet it is a fundamental book, essential if one proposes to come to terms with American literature (Times Literary Supplement). William Carlos Williams was not a historian, but he was fascinated by the texture of American history. Beginning with Columbus's discovery of the Indies and moving on through Sir Walter Raleigh, Cotton Mather, Daniel Boone, George Washington, Ben Franklin, Aaron Burr, Edgar Allan Poe, and Abraham Lincoln, Williams found in the fabric of familiar episodes new shades of meaning and configurati…
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Weitere Autoren: Moody, Rick (Solist)
- ISBN: 978-0-8112-1849-8
- EAN: 9780811218498
- Produktnummer: 4776096
- Verlag: New Directions
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 246 S.
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B13.2 cm x D1.8 cm 290 g
- Auflage: 2. A.
- Gewicht: 290
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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.
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