Reviews for William Carlos Williams

The average rating for William Carlos Williams based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-05-23 00:00:00 Christopher Norfleet I greatly enjoyed reading this book, although I've still not quite finished it. It does tend to go on longer than the biographies of poets who destroyed themselves early through heavy drinking, although Williams was disabled before he died by stroke. There are quotes from his letters throughout the book which I relished to the extent that they expressed a dissatisfaction with what he perceived as phoniness in the established poetry order. Although there is much I'm sympathetic to in William's rebellious aesthetic, I must admit I find it more compelling in theory than it was in his practice. Still, an interesting, thoughtful life.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-11-19 00:00:00 M.hassan Yousefi A dense biography of the physician / poet, written with a lot of enthusiasm for the subject. Its biggest drawback may be that it was TOO enthusiastic and included so many unnecessary details that at times it became difficult to read. Nevertheless, if you want to know about Williams, it's all here, everything good about him, how valuable his patients believed him to be, the intricacy of his poems and how seriously he took his craft, and everything flawed about his character, including all of the affairs he had while he was married.