In the American Grain
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In the American Grain is a 1925 collection of innovative historical essays by William Carlos Williams that reinterprets key figures and episodes in American history through a modernist, poetic lens.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| In the American Grain canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ |
| author | William Carlos Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
European explorers in the Americas
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colonial America ⓘ foundational American myths ⓘ |
| followedBy | A Novelette and Other Prose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
historical essays
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nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
later American literary criticism
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modernist approaches to historiography ⓘ |
| hasPart |
essay on Aaron Burr
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essay on Abraham Lincoln ⓘ essay on Christopher Columbus ⓘ essay on Daniel Boone ⓘ essay on Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ essay on George Washington ⓘ essay on Hernán Cortés ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | revisionist view of American history ⓘ |
| hasReception |
initially mixed critical response
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later recognized as important modernist nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
American history
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exploration of American identity ⓘ historical figures ⓘ |
| influencedBy | modernist literary techniques ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
experimental
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poetic prose ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending of history and lyricism
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idiosyncratic portraits of historical figures ⓘ innovative treatment of historical sources ⓘ |
| numberOfEssays | 15 ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 234 ⓘ |
| partOf | William Carlos Williams bibliography ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1925 ⓘ |
| publisher | Albert and Charles Boni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reinterprets | American historical narratives ⓘ |
| structure | collection of essays ⓘ |
| theme |
conflict between individual and society
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critique of American materialism ⓘ formation of national character ⓘ myth versus historical fact ⓘ violence in American history ⓘ |
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