William Carlos Williams.

Format:

Video

Series:

Academic Video Online

Voices & Visions ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry.

Biography and Interviews.

Local Subjects:

Poetry.

Biography and Interviews.

Genre:

Instructional

Physical Description:

1 online resource (57 minutes)

Place of Publication:

District of Columbia : Annenberg Learner, 1988.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

"No ideas but in things," Williams's aesthetic dictum sought to capture, not analyze. A collage of documentary footage, interviews, animation, and dramatization capture the poet's often visual work and intense life. About the Series: A video instructional series on American poetry for college and high school classrooms and adult learners; 13 one-hour video programs and coordinated books; also available on CD-ROM The lives and works of 13 renowned American poets are interpreted through dramatic readings, archival photographs, dance, performances, and interviews in this inspiring series. Illustrative poems in each program are accompanied by insights into their historical and cultural connections. The series covers the terminology of poetry and the larger role of poets in American and world literature studies. Poets include Langston Hughes, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, and Elizabeth Bishop. Produced by the New York Center for Visual History. 1988.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed December 12, 2018).

Nominated 1987 Sundance Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize, Documentary

Nominated 1986 Chicago International Film Festival, Gold Hugo, Best Documentary