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Yes, Mrs. Williams: Poet`s Portrait of his Mother - Softcover

Williams, Wc

 
9780811208321: Yes, Mrs. Williams: Poet`s Portrait of his Mother
Softcover
ISBN 10: 081120832X ISBN 13: 9780811208321
Publisher: New Directions, 1982

Synopsis

Originally published in 1959, Yes, Mrs. Williams has long been unavailable. In recalling one of the “determined women” in his life. William Carlos Williams, the quintessentially American poet of this century, does not write about his mother so much as recreate her. An experimentalist in prose as well as poetry, Williams records the “talk” of Raquel Hélène Rose Hoheb Williams, capturing the contradictions of this Spanish-speaking, Puerto Rican-born, Parisian-trained artist turned New Jersey wile and mother, her strength and cantankerousness, her vitality and sense of failed purpose. For this first New Directions paperbook edition, Dr. William Eric Williams, son and grandson, has written an illuminating foreword that includes newly discovered Williams family letters.

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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.

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Publisher
New Directions
Publication date
1982
Language
English
ISBN 10 
081120832X
ISBN 13 
9780811208321
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
158