32 pages 1 hour read

William Carlos Williams

Paterson

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1946

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Essay Topics

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How does Williams’s decision to structure Paterson over the course of five books shape your structural understanding of the text?

2.

Pick two characterizations of Paterson as a human man and compare them to two characterizations of Paterson as a landscape.

3.

How does imagery of the natural landscape in Paterson construct a consistent setting over time?

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