"No ideas but in things"
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"No ideas but in things" is William Carlos Williams’s famous modernist credo emphasizing concrete, sensory imagery over abstract concepts in poetry.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary quotation
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modernist aesthetic principle ⓘ poetic credo ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | William Carlos Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| articulates | poetic theory of William Carlos Williams ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | Modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | William Carlos Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | symbolist abstraction ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
concrete imagery
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sensory detail ⓘ |
| field |
literary theory
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poetics ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
material reality
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particular, concrete objects ⓘ |
| influenced |
Objectivist poetics
NERFINISHED
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later American poets focused on everyday life ⓘ |
| interpretedAs |
call for precision in poetic language
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rejection of vague generalization in poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | shaping American modernist poetry ⓘ |
| opposes | abstract concepts in poetry ⓘ |
| quotationOf | William Carlos Williams’s modernist credo ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
imagism
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objectivism (poetry) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| usedAs | guiding principle for Williams’s poetry ⓘ |
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