Kora in Hell
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Kora in Hell is an experimental prose-poetry work by William Carlos Williams that blends fragmented narrative, imagistic passages, and commentary to challenge conventional poetic form.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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modernist literature ⓘ prose poetry work ⓘ |
| author | William Carlos Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
break from traditional meter and rhyme
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everyday American experience ⓘ experimentation with poetic language ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| form |
authorial commentary
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fragmented narrative ⓘ imagistic passages ⓘ |
| fullTitle | Kora in Hell: Improvisations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental literature
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prose poetry ⓘ |
| hasCommentaryByAuthor | William Carlos Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormFeature |
juxtaposition of disparate scenes
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nonlinear structure ⓘ self-reflexive commentary ⓘ |
| hasProseStyle |
elliptical
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imagistic ⓘ improvisational ⓘ |
| hasReception |
initially controversial among contemporaries
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later recognized as important in Williams’s development ⓘ |
| hasSubtitle | Improvisations ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French modernist prose
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Imagism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
challenging conventional poetic form
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fusion of prose and poetry ⓘ use of collage-like composition ⓘ |
| partOf | William Carlos Williams bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1920 ⓘ |
| publisher | Four Seas Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Paterson
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Spring and All NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | series of improvisations ⓘ |
| subjectOf | literary criticism on modernist experimentation ⓘ |
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