Selected Early Poems of William Carlos Williams

By Williams, William Carlos

Book Id: WPLBN0002954163
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File Size: 26.31 MB
Reproduction Date: 2009

Title:	Selected Early Poems of William Carlos Williams
Author:	Williams, William Carlos
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Poetry, Poetry
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Selected Early Poems of William Carlos Williams
Historic Publication Date:	1917
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Carlos Williams, B. W. (1917). Selected Early Poems of William Carlos Williams. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

Description
Williams was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, a community near the city of Paterson. His father was an English immigrant, and his mother was born in Puerto Rico. He attended public school in Rutherford until 1897, then was sent to study at Château de Lancy near Geneva, Switzerland, the Lycée Condorcet in Paris, France, for two years and Horace Mann School in New York City. Then, in 1902, he entered the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. During his time at Penn, Williams befriended Ezra Pound, Hilda Doolittle (best known as H.D.) and the painter Charles Demuth. These friendships supported his growing passion for poetry. He received his M.D. in 1906 and spent the next four years in internships in New York City and in travel and postgraduate studies abroad (e.g., at the University of Leipzig where he studied pediatrics). He returned to Rutherford in 1910 and began his medical practice, which lasted until 1951. Ironically, most of his patients knew little if anything of his writings; instead they viewed him as a doctor who helped deliver over 2,000 of their children into the world. (From Wikipedia)

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Poetry