"No ideas but in things"

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"No ideas but in things" is William Carlos Williams’s famous modernist credo emphasizing concrete, sensory imagery over abstract concepts in poetry.

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instanceOf literary quotation ⓘ
modernist aesthetic principle ⓘ
poetic credo ⓘ
appearsInWorkBy William Carlos Williams ⓘ
articulates poetic theory of William Carlos Williams ⓘ
associatedWithMovement Modernism ⓘ
author William Carlos Williams ⓘ
contrastsWith symbolist abstraction ⓘ
emphasizes concrete imagery ⓘ
sensory detail ⓘ
field literary theory ⓘ
poetics ⓘ
focusesOn material reality ⓘ
particular, concrete objects ⓘ
influenced Objectivist poetics ⓘ
later American poets focused on everyday life ⓘ
interpretedAs call for precision in poetic language ⓘ
rejection of vague generalization in poetry ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor shaping American modernist poetry ⓘ
opposes abstract concepts in poetry ⓘ
quotationOf William Carlos Williams’s modernist credo ⓘ
relatedTo imagism ⓘ
objectivism (poetry) ⓘ
linked to: Objectivist poets
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
usedAs guiding principle for Williams’s poetry ⓘ

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William Carlos Williams → notableIdea → "No ideas but in things" ⓘ