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Ahearn, William Barry was born on January 29, 1950 in Montague, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Gorey and Frances Barbara (Keller) Ahearn.
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William Carlos Williams and Alterity: The Early Poetry WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS AND ALTERITY: THE EARLY POETRY By Ahearn, Barry ( Author )May-15-2008 Paperback By Ahearn, Barry ( Author ) Paperback 2008
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William Carlos Williams and Alterity: The Early Poetry (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture)
(Many critics have noticed the paradoxes and contradiction...)
Many critics have noticed the paradoxes and contradictions in the work of William Carlos Williams but few have analyzed them in detail. Professor Ahearn argues that Williams criticism has not gone far enough in recognizing the uses Williams saw for contradiction. He contends that Williams began to acquire his own voice as a poet when he recognized that he could be a vehicle for contending voices. His reading departs from previous examinations of the early poetry in the emphasis it places on the poems as expressions of Williams' social position. We find a Williams whose contribution to modernism came not through a radical break with tradition or a rejection of inherited poetic norms alone, but rather in a cultivation of tension, conflict, and a kind of poetic "crisis" that could be held forth as the metier of the modernist writer.
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William Barry Ahearn
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Bachelor, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1973. Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins University, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1978.
Career
Assistant Professor of English, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1982-1986; associate professor, Tulane University, New Orleans, since 1986.
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William Carlos Williams and Alterity: The Early Poetry (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture)
(Many critics have noticed the paradoxes and contradiction...)
- William Carlos Williams and Alterity: The Early Poetry WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS AND ALTERITY: THE EARLY POETRY By Ahearn, Barry ( Author )May-15-2008 Paperback By Ahearn, Barry ( Author ) Paperback 2008
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William Carlos Williams and Alterity: The Early Poetry (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture)
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Member Modern Language Association, William Carlos Williams Society.
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Married Pamela Lander Gray, December 17, 1983. 1 child, Thomas Gray.
