The Great American Novel - Williams, William Carlos
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William Carlos Williams's "The Great American Novel" offers a satirical and humorous take on the American experience in the early 20th century. Set against the backdrop of World War I and the evolving landscape of American life, this work uses the lens of baseball to explore themes of the American Dream and small-town existence. A masterful parody of traditional narratives, the novel deconstructs expectations and conventions. Williams delivers a unique perspective on American fiction. Through wit and keen observation, "The Great American Novel" examines the heart of a nation grappling with its…mehr

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William Carlos Williams's "The Great American Novel" offers a satirical and humorous take on the American experience in the early 20th century. Set against the backdrop of World War I and the evolving landscape of American life, this work uses the lens of baseball to explore themes of the American Dream and small-town existence. A masterful parody of traditional narratives, the novel deconstructs expectations and conventions. Williams delivers a unique perspective on American fiction. Through wit and keen observation, "The Great American Novel" examines the heart of a nation grappling with its identity. This edition preserves the historical text, allowing readers to engage with the author's original vision. A timeless work of literary fiction, it continues to resonate with its insightful commentary and enduring relevance. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) was an American poet and physician. Born in Rutherford, New Jersey to an English father and a Puerto Rican mother, Williams was raised in a bilingual family and spoke mostly Spanish at home. In 1902, he enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania's medical school, graduating in 1906 before moving to Leipzig to study pediatrics. In 1909, he self-published Poems in Rutherford, marking a humble start to a distinguished career in literature. In 1912, he married Florence Herman and settled in Paterson, New Jersey, where he established himself as a successful family doctor. With the help of Ezra Pound, Williams published The Tempers (1913) in London and became involved with the Imagists, a short-lived literary movement centered on Pound and H. D. In 1923, he published Spring and All, a hybrid book of prose and free verse poems grounded in observations from daily life. Overshadowed by the work of T. S. Eliot, Williams nevertheless became the figurehead of an experimental American modernism that would flower in his five-book epic poem Paterson, published between 1946 and 1958. In addition to his poetry, which he pursued alongside a decades-long career in medicine, Williams gained a reputation as an autobiographer, essayist, and theorist whose interests ranged from the nature of poetic language to the narrative of American history. He served as a mentor to generations of poets, influencing directly and indirectly the artists of the Beat movement, the San Francisco Renaissance, the Black Mountain school, and the New York School. Pictures from Breughel and Other Poems (1962), his final work, earned Williams a posthumous Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 1963.