The Great American Novel

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The Great American Novel
The Great American Novel
Author : William Carlos Williams
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Publisher : Unknown
Language : English
Release Date : 26 April 2024
ISBN : UOM:39015058243240
Pages : 140 pages
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The Great American Novel by William Carlos Williams Book PDF Summary

First published in 1923 in Paris, this short novel by the great American poet is a satire on the novel form in which a little [female] Ford car falls more or less in love with a Mack truck', as Webster Schott writes. For the most part, however, the work is a serious attempt to write a novel with the recognition that such an act is nearly impossible to accomplish within established conventions, and, in the end, Williams pokes great fun at all those serious young authors bearing the burden of their attempts to write the 'great novel'.'

The Great American Novel

The Great American Novel by William Carlos Williams

First published in 1923 in Paris, this short novel by the great American poet is a satire on the novel form in which a little [female] Ford car falls more or less in love with a Mack truck', as Webster Schott writes. For the most part, however, the work is a

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