Carlos Williams Biography
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Who is William Carlos Williams? If someone had asked me a month ago I would have had a puzzled look on my face, but now I can say with confidence that Williams Carlos Williams is a revolutionary figure in American poetry. William Carlos Williams was born on September 17, 1883 in Rutherford, N.J. Williams was the first of two sons, his father was of English background, and his mother was Puerto Rican along with French, Dutch, Spanish, and Jewish ancestry. Williams is later quoted saying a few words of his ancestry "Of mixed ancestry I felt from earliest childhood that America was the only home I could ever possibly call my own. I felt that it was expressed founded for me, personally, and that it must be my first business in life to possess it.” His love of America became a general theme in his poetry. Williams spent most of his younger years growing up in Rutherford, where his family surrounded him with an abundant background in art and literature.
Education was always an important factor in Williams’s life. Williams’s attended a public school in Rutherford, New Jersey until 1897, when he was sent to study at “Chateau de Lancy” near Geneva, Switzerland. Then he was sent off to study at “Lycee Condorcet” in Paris, France, for two years. Finally he made his way back to America to study at Horace Mann School in New York City where he graduated. His traveling at such a young age enhanced his poetry later on in life. Starting in 1902, Williams entered the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. This time at Penn was a critical point in Williams’s life; this is where he befriended Ezra Pound, Hilda Doolittle (H.D.) and the painter Charles Demuth. These friendships are one of his main support systems that awaken his passion for poetry...
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...unist. This supposed pro-communism led him being treated for clinical depression.
In the back of Williams’s life he always had a number of setbacks that ultimately led to his recognition of his depression. In his later years Williams underwent treatment for clinical depression in a psychiatric hospital during 1953. But before then his health played a part in his major change in mood shown through his works. During the late 1940s he suffered “the first of several heart attacks and strokes, which would plague him for the rest of his life.” Williams later complained of the effects of a particularly serious stroke in 1952 "That was the end. I was through with life." Surprisingly enough his devotion to poetry did not suffer in the slightest. "
An American form of poetry whose subject matter was centered on everyday circumstances of life and the lives of common people
In this essay, the author
- Explains that william carlos williams is a revolutionary figure in american poetry. he was born on september 17, 1883 in rutherford, n.j.
- Explains that education was an important factor in williams's life. he attended a public school in rutherford, new jersey until 1897, when he was sent off to study at "chateau de lancy" near geneva, switzerland.
- Analyzes how william carlos williams's life and background substantially influences his poetry. his poetry style is simple and uses no classical language.
- Explains that williams returned to rutherford in 1910 to begin his medical practice, which lasted until 1951. most of his patients regarded him as an "old-fashioned" type doctor who helped deliver over 2,000 children into the world.
- Analyzes how williams worked harder towards his writing carrier than he did as a doctor. his "medical badge" allowed him to follow the defeated body into gulfs and grottos.
- Opines that williams' political commitments may have been further to the left than the term "liberal" indicates.
- Narrates how williams suffered a number of setbacks that ultimately led to his recognition of his depression. he underwent treatment for clinical depression in psychiatric hospital during 1953.
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- Opines that longfellow's eccentric ideas of romanticism and a phenomenal childhood made him one of the most admirable poets of all time.
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that william carlos williams was born september 17, 1883 in rutherford, n.j. his father had emigrated from birmingham, england, and his mother from puerto rico.
- Explains that william carlos williams based his life on helping the poor and all aspects of the human world that appealed to him were in their most basic form. he found that pride was more important the materialistic qualities.
- Analyzes how william carlos williams' poems use simplistic language to paint a very descriptive and clear picture of other aspects of life. the theme of simplicity exists in all of these poems and most of his literature.
- Analyzes how apology portrays the quality of looking for the true aspects of nature and humans, not the materialistic ones. it utilizes very simple language yet forges the point.
- Analyzes how williams focuses on one group of people who are not necessarily the richest or don't live the best lifestyle, but their morality stands above the others.
- Analyzes how pastoral uses nature to explore aspects of human life. williams uses simple, easy-to-understand language and compares the sparrows to an older human.
- Analyzes how the poem, tract, portrays a sad time that occurs at least once in every human's life.
- Analyzes how combines his description of the funeral with objects associated with basic necessities to portray aspects of human life.
- Analyzes how pastoral williams talks about walking through the back streets where the bottom of society resides. he mentions the roof being out of line with the sides, the houses of the poor, and the fences and outhouses built of barrel-staves.
981 wordsRead More - William Carlos Williamsanalytical essayWilliam Carlos Williams was born in Rutherford, New Jersey on September 17, 1883. William grew up around different ancestries; His father, William George Williams, was English. His mother, Raquel Helene Hoher, was Puerto Rican (PoemHunter). Williams' parents wanted him to have a very good education and pushed him to become a successful doctor. In order to please his parents, Williams studied hard in school and excelled in math and science. Williams went on to study advanced pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania. While at college, Williams met a life-long friend Erza Pound who encouraged him to write poetry. After graduating from college, William worked as an intern at a hospital in New York until he got a job at a Nursery and Child’s hospital while he continued to write poetry (Poetry Foundation). Williams planned to study in Germany to further his career, but before he left, Williams proposed to Florence Herman, whose sister had already rejected him and married his brother. Florence agreed to marry William when he returned from studying in Germany. As Williams studied in Germany, he often visited with his college friend Erza. Upon his return in 1910 Williams opened his own medical business. Then after three years of being engaged, Williams married to Florence in 1912. They had their fir...
In this essay, the author
- Explains that william carlos williams' purpose through writing poetry was not to teach a moral, but to convey that simple things can be beautiful.
- Explains that william carlos williams was born in rutherford, new jersey on september 17, 1883. his parents wanted him to have a good education and excelled in math and science.
- Analyzes how williams uses his tone and causal wording to create images in the mind of the reader. the red wheelbarrow shows that simple things are beautiful.
- Analyzes how williams' poem, the red wheelbarrow, may be considered irrelevant and overly simple to some readers, but it depends upon his use of imagery.
- Analyzes how williams uses his words to shape objects and create images in his reader's mind. by integrating common objects into his work, he causes his readers to rethink how they see materials encounter everyday.
- Analyzes how williams uses imagery to create an image in the reader’s mind of a dark, rainy night.
- Analyzes how williams creates two worlds in modern american poetry. the first is an unstable and tumultuous landscape, while the second is one of clarity.
- Analyzes how williams created a vivid setting for the individual in the poem who had the "i" perspective to notice something that was unrecognized to those around them.
- Analyzes how williams' poem, young sycamore, uses imagery to construct an image in the reader's mind.
- Explains that in williams' poem, young sycamore, william grants the young tree the ability to be viewed by readers with a "new reality".
- Analyzes how williams uses free verse lines to mimic the real curves and sways of a tree in young sycamore.
- Concludes that william carlos williams' purpose was not to teach a moral through his poetry, but to show that simple things can be beautiful.
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- Explains that william faulkner was a well-known novelist and poet. his troubled, yet talented background, time during the great depression, and poetry made him memorable.
- Explains that william cuthbert faulkner's troubles and talents started as a child. he was the oldest of four brothers and named after his great grandfather.
- Narrates how murray falkner spent much time with william, but was hostile when he was drunk. he moved his family to oxford, mississippi about the time william turned five.
- Explains that william had two influences in his life, his writing mentor, phil stone, and his childhood lover, estelle oldham.
- Explains that william was very talented as a child. he loved to draw and write but did not like school. his writing was romantic tailored after writers at the time such as thomson, swinburn, burns, and houseman.
- Narrates how meehan was a good liar. he wanted to join the canadian royal air force, but was underweight when he tried to enlist.
- Analyzes how william's father was disappointed with him, and even his uncle said, "that damn billy is not worth a mississippi goddamn."
- Narrates how meehan left new york to try to sell his writing, but no one would buy anything. he returned and got a job set up by phil stone as postmaster of university of mississippi.
- Narrates how estelle came back from a failed marriage and she and william got married right away. his personality completely changed, he did not talk much, and also didn't take care of himself.
- Narrates how william went to hollywood to be a screenwriter (padgett web) to pay the bills; most of his movies were directed by howard hawks and he had another child named jill. he split time with hollywood and oxford.
- Narrates how william faulkner returned to hollywood and bought a farm. after falls off horses, major back pains, and more rehab, he died.
- Explains that the 1930s were a rich time for writing, given the fact it was during the depression. writing after wwi showed the dishonesty of american practice.
- Explains that politics was a major factor in the great depression. the two major parties were republican and democrats, but many non-typical parties affected debates like socialist, communist, and fascist
- Explains that franklin roosevelt introduced the new deal, which included relief, recovery, and reform. he brought 15 legislative bills to congress and all got passed.
- Analyzes how the way people lived changed during the depression. every section of business was shut down including farming, and manufacturing. hoover was anti-handouts.
- Analyzes how immigrants struggled during the depression. blacks and other immigrants couldn't get jobs as easy as whites. poles, jews, italians were insulted for not staying at home.
- Explains that even with fdr's new deal, rich still made lots of money during the depression. he taxed the rich and gave it to the "disadvantaged."
- Explains that media was big during the great depression, and critics ridiculed them for not reaching potential. comedy was the most played genre on radio, then became superheroes.
- Explains that science and technology were not affected by the depression, but the housing boom in 20s was affected due to the higher standard of living. with technology came critics, people thought machines were going to take over control on humans.
- Explains that william was known for his poetry and novels, and switched to writing novels. he used different kinds of tone and technique, putting characters through different situations.
- Opines that william's books at the beginning of his career emphasized on irregularity and violence. his most famous book was sanctuary, which reminded people of "external verities."
- Explains that many of william's stories were based in his made up county "yoknapatawpha county." one of his most well-known books is called the sound and the fury.
- Analyzes how william web narrates the four parts of the story. the main characters are the compsons; they are known for their relative who was a civil war veteran.
- Analyzes how william would show how hard the truth is, and exaggerate the stress of life, making his stories serious or tragic. he had influences like mark twain and modernist writers like joyce.
- Analyzes how william would use the same techniques in different kinds of stories, such as short stories and novels.
- Explains that william was one to follow his own advice. he would learn from his mistakes and make himself better, but there is an old writer he admired, john conrad.
- Opines that william was not affected by the great depression in his story the sound and the fury.
- Explains that william faulkner was a well-known poet and novelist. his troubled background, time during the great depression, and poetry and novels shaped him as an enduring writer.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how modernists strove to express their art in a much freer format than their predecessors, avoiding grandiosity and pompous themes.
- Analyzes how william carlos williams' poem, the rose, describes the physical aspects of the rose that artists would focus on as they paint, such as "each petal ends in/ an edge."
- Analyzes how overuse of popular art subjects led to artists carving and painting roses onto vases. overuse also opened a gateway for more art focusing on the old subjects.
- Opines that modernists felt the same way about the traditional and accepted art of the early nineteen hundreds.
- Analyzes how modernists sought to change the connect-the-dots approach to art that was widely accepted.
- Analyzes how williams is asking the reader about what it is at the edge of the norm that is so close to being expressed.
- Explains carroll, lorrayne, and william carlos williams in american poetry: the modernist ideal.
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- Analyzes how laura wingfield collects tiny glass animals, and is dropped from business school, like williams' sister rose. edwina and amanda were responsible for jim o'connor's visits to their apartments.
- Analyzes how tennessee williams first achieved widespread recognition for the glass menagerie and its portraits of the southern gentlewomen: amanda wingfield and her daughter laura.
- Analyzes how blanche du bois enters the vieux carre section of new orleans to visit her sister stella, the wife of a polish-american mechanic, stanley kowalski.
- Analyzes how blanche, who flirts indecently with stanley, acts proper and innocent with mitch, and confesses everything about her past to him as a refuge from the outside world.
- Analyzes how serafina della rose in the rose tattoo, margaret pollitt in cat on a hot tin roof, and maxine faulk in the night of the iguana belong to this group of women.
- Analyzes how maggie the cat, a mid-twentieth-century modern woman without inhibitions, is discarded by her husband for speaking out against the falsehood that seems to have made his life tolerable.
- Analyzes how williams stereotyped his female characters into four major groups: maladjusted, subordinate, fatalistic, and resolute.
- Analyzes how frustration is the uniting characteristic of all of tennessee williams's female characters, and the dependency of them on men.
- Analyzes how tennessee williams' plays are controversial because of his preoccupation with sex and violence and his fearlessness to probe the dark areas of human life.
- Explains that griffin, alice, and pagan, n., "understanding tennessee williams". university of south carolina press.
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In this essay, the author
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- Illustrates how terry tempest williams struggles with her mother's deteriorating health as she completed her "sixth month of chemotherapy." she metaphorically uses an example to depict this tug of war between suffering and change.
- Analyzes how terry tempest williams demonstrates how suffering depicts what we are attached to. the birds allow williams to meditate on internal philosophies and attitudes through memories and experiences.
- Analyzes how terry tempest williams and other scientists and naturalists struggle to preserve the refuge and surrounding habitats of great salt lake.
- Analyzes mrs. williams' unbalanced relationship with her father in the mormon culture, where men are viewed as the dominant sex and voice of the household, and terry tempest williams rarely talks about her three younger brothers.
- Analyzes how williams uses metaphor to depict the relationship between family and nature, and the profound understanding of oneself, through the sequence of life and death.
- Analyzes how terry tempest williams beautifully depicts her life story in a poetic memoir. she describes the daily struggles she faced with change in her family while her mother battled with cancer that eventually led to her death.
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- Analyzes the difference between glass and cousin, a spectacle and nothing strange.
- Analyzes how stein's cubist influence on american poetry influenced hemingway, who grew to be a distinct american writer. her rhythms resemble jazz and her fractured point of view was developed in the film world.
- Explains stein, gertrude, tender buttons. new york: claire marie, 1914; bartleby.com, 1999.
- Explains that bartleby.com, inc. (terms of use) first published december 1995; published july 1999. gordon dahlquist contributed editorial contributions.
- Explains richard ellmann's "the rest." the new oxford book of american verse.
- Explains that poets in american history struggled to create or find a distinct american voice among the many different cultural influences and borrowed styles.
- Analyzes how pound left the country, but his influence never left. the expatriates found a way to write for themselves minus outside cultural influences, and the values of their country reflected in their poetry.
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- Explains that william blake is remembered by his poetry, engravements, printmaking, and paintings. he was born in soho, london, on november 28, 1757.
- Describes how williams's parents enrolled him at a paris drawing school at the age of ten, apprenticed to master engraver at fourteen, and was sent to westminster abbey to make drawings of monuments by james basire.
- Describes how gordon's anti-catholic preaching inspired gordon to write about his protestants to war and the domination of kings in his poetry. he continued his studies and went to the royal academy on october 8, 1779.
- Describes how william helped catherine boucher learn to read, write, and engrave. he fell in love with catherine in 1782 and they were happily married.
- Explains that william blake was an intelligent, talented, and crafty man. his work was largely unrecognized during his lifetime, but he didn't want to sacrifice his vision or advanced writing.
- Explains that william's paintings and poetry have been characterized as part of both the romantic movement and "pre-romantic movement." he is admired for his soulful originality and patronizing imagination.
- Opines that william blake is an important person because his poetry helped people express their feelings about war and how the kings dominated the people.
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- Describes the purists who cry foul at the piecing together of film music.
- Explains that the film score gurus insist that composers were merely inspired by the earlier music and used the idea to write their own compositions.
- Explains that there are so many sides, opinions, and conditions to explore and debate that it could take one a lifetime to discover an answer that would satisfy both sides. they will focus on one aspect of the debate; is john williams use of other music scores?
- Explains the process of spotting a film's music, and how the composer draws from the temp score to form the rough cut or final working score.
- Explains how they stumbled upon a new reason for the use of other composers ideas and phrases in the film score world.
- Analyzes how bond, jeff, "god almighty! fsm finally talks to john williams." film score monthly 8.1 (2003): 10-13.
- Explains kaplan, jon, karlin, fred, and rayburn wright. on the track a guide to contemporary film scoring.
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