Kora in Hell

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Kora in Hell is an experimental prose-poetry work by William Carlos Williams that blends fragmented narrative, imagistic passages, and commentary to challenge conventional poetic form.

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Kora in Hell canonical 1
Kora in Hell: Improvisations 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ
prose poetry work ⓘ
author William Carlos Williams ⓘ
centralTheme break from traditional meter and rhyme ⓘ
everyday American experience ⓘ
experimentation with poetic language ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
form authorial commentary ⓘ
fragmented narrative ⓘ
imagistic passages ⓘ
fullTitle Kora in Hell: Improvisations ⓘ
linked to: Kora in Hell
genre experimental literature ⓘ
prose poetry ⓘ
hasCommentaryByAuthor William Carlos Williams ⓘ
hasFormFeature juxtaposition of disparate scenes ⓘ
nonlinear structure ⓘ
self-reflexive commentary ⓘ
hasProseStyle elliptical ⓘ
imagistic ⓘ
improvisational ⓘ
hasReception initially controversial among contemporaries ⓘ
later recognized as important in Williams’s development ⓘ
hasSubtitle Improvisations ⓘ
influencedBy French modernist prose ⓘ
Imagism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Modernism ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
notableFor challenging conventional poetic form ⓘ
fusion of prose and poetry ⓘ
use of collage-like composition ⓘ
partOf William Carlos Williams bibliography ⓘ
publicationYear 1920 ⓘ
publisher Four Seas Company ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Paterson ⓘ
Spring and All ⓘ
structure series of improvisations ⓘ
subjectOf literary criticism on modernist experimentation ⓘ

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William Carlos Williams → notableWork → Kora in Hell ⓘ
Kora in Hell → fullTitle → Kora in Hell: Improvisations ⓘ
linked to: Kora in Hell