Paterson (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: William Carlos Williams
- First Published: 1946
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: 1950’s
- Locales: Paterson, NJ
Places Discussed
*Paterson. City in northeastern New Jersey set amid factories, garbage dumps, pollution, and industrial blight, with the much larger cities of New York City and Newark on the horizon. Paterson is perched on the edge of the Passaic River and roaring waterfalls that attracted industry as far back as the time of Alexander Hamilton. The city itself is the poem’s main character: a living being, chaotic and shifting through time and differing perceptions, full of energy, beauty, ugliness, cruelty, and crass moneygrubbing.
Sometimes, William Carlos Williams...
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