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Paterson

Paterson

Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963, author.
Book 1995

Paterson is both a place -- the New Jersey city near which Williams lived - -and a man: the symbolic figure 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 the Passaic River, whose life seemed more and more to resemble my own: the river above the Falls, th...

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ISBN:
9780811212984
Edition:
Revised edition
Description:
xv, 311 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
"This revised edition first published clothbound in 1992"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references
Contents:
Preface
A statement, William Carlos Williams about the poem Paterson
Book I
Book II
Book III
Book IV
Book V
Book VI
A note on the text
Annotations and textual notes
Acknowledgments
LCCN:
92022956
Control Number:
3340547
Other Authors:
MacGowan, Christopher J. (Christopher John), editor
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