Spring and All

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Spring and All is a 1923 modernist work by William Carlos Williams that blends experimental poetry and prose to challenge traditional forms and perceptions of reality.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
modernist work
poetry collection
aim challenge traditional poetic forms
redefine perception through art
associatedWith New Jersey landscape
author William Carlos Williams NERFINISHED
centralConcept creation of a new world through language
contains interspersed poems
numbered prose sections
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstEditionFormat book
genre experimental literature
poetry
prose
hasAuthorRole William Carlos Williams as poet-critic
influenced American modernist poetry
influencedBy Dada NERFINISHED
European modernism
Imagism NERFINISHED
initialReception limited contemporary readership
language English
laterReception recognized as a key modernist text
literaryForm hybrid of manifesto and lyric sequence
literaryMovement Modernism
narrativeVoice first-person
notablePoemIncluded Spring and All (poem) NERFINISHED
The Red Wheelbarrow NERFINISHED
originalPrintRun small edition
publicationYear 1923
publisher Contact Publishing Company NERFINISHED
setting post–World War I era
structure blend of poetry and prose
style experimental
fragmentary prose
free verse poetry
subjectMatter creative process
everyday objects
landscape
textualFeature abrupt shifts in style
metapoetic commentary
theme break with tradition
nature and renewal
perception of reality
role of imagination
tone meditative
polemical

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William Carlos Williams notableWork Spring and All