William Carlos Williams, "This Is Just to Say"

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William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)  The Modern American Poetry site offers a biography from the Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Poetry in English, notes on a number of poems, bibliography, and some links.

Selected Poetry of William Carlos Williams  Thirteen poems, biography, and bibliography, from the University of Toronto's Representative Poetry On-Line.

Williams reads "The Great Figure"  Video clip from the Voices and Visions segment on Williams.

Literary Contexts

The Modernist Revolution: Make It New  Essay on modernist poets from the Academy of American Poets.

Modernism and Imagism  A rich class resource of video, sound, and text on Williams, Gertrude Stein, associated art, and more, created by Professor Al Filreis, University of Pennsylvania. Of particular interest is an introduction to imagism read by Filreis.

Biography

William's Life & Career The Modern American Poetry site offers a biography from the Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Poetry in English.

Williams, William Carlos A hypertext biography from American National Biography. Includes a photo of Williams and links to a bibliography. Subscription required.

Voices and Visions: William Carlos Williams this documentary from the highly regarded Voices and Visions series is an excellent introduction to the life and poetry of Williams. You must register online for free access to the video.

 



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