Cubism, Stieglitz, and the Early Poetry of William Carlos Williams - Softcover

Dijkstra, Bram

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0691013454 ISBN 13: 9780691013459

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1978

Synopsis

Previous studies of William Carlos Williams have tended to look only for the literary echoes in his verse. According to Bram Dijkstra, the new movements in the visual arts during the 1920s affected Williams's work as much as, if not more than, the new writing of the period. Dijkstra catches the excitement of this period of revolutionary art, reveals the interactions between writers and painters, and shows in particular the specific and general impact this world had on Williams's early writings.

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From the Back Cover

"Georgia O'Keeffe's reaction when I told her in 1973 that I was starting a book on Stieglitz went from 'What for? Nobody who knew him could write about him' to 'Go ahead' because it would be fun for her to see what I had to say, and finally to her powerful instruction: 'Read Bram Dijkstra's [Cubism, Stieglitz, and the Early Poetry of William Carlos Williams]; it's the only book about Stieglitz worth reading.' I read it and agreed."--Sue Davidson Lowe, author of Stieglitz: A Memoir/Biography

About the Author

Bram Dijkstra is Professor of American and Comparative Literature at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of numerous books, including Georgia O'Keeffe and the Eros of Place, Evil Sisters: The Threat of Female Sexuality and the Cult of Manhood, Defoe and Economics: The Fortune of Roxana in the History of Interpretation, and Idols of Perversity: Fantasies of Feminine Evil in Fin-de-Siècle Culture.

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0691013454
• ISBN 13: 9780691013459
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256