PATERSON

Paterson is both a placethe New Jersey city in whom the person (the poets own life) and the public (the history of the region) are combined. Originally four books (published individually between 1946 and 1951), the structure of Paterson (in Dr. Williams words) follows the course of the Passaic River from above the great falls to its entrance into the sea. The unexpected Book Five, publish ed in 1958, affirms the triumphant life of the imagination, in spite of age and death. This revised edition has been meticulously re -edited by Chr...[Leer más]