"Pop! So, You're Not Dead!": Reimagining Loss in William Carlos Williams's "Burning the Christmas Greens" and "The Sparrow"

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Paul R. Cappucci
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ABSTRACT:This article examines William Carlos Williams's depiction of his father's death on Christmas day 1918. Williams's narrative account of this event in the Autobiography reveals his complex response as son, doctor, and poet. Along with describing the helplessness he felt witnessing his father's physical deterioration, he also expresses a profound sense of guilt for his actions on that day. Williams's correspondence from this period also reveals a desire to understand this death's larger implications for his life and work. These personal accounts serve as a foundation for a subsequent interpretation of two elegiac poems rooted in this experience: "Burning the Christmas Greens" and "The Sparrow."
“爸爸!所以,你没有死!”:威廉·卡洛斯·威廉姆斯的《燃烧圣诞绿地》和《麻雀》中的失落
摘要:本文探讨了威廉·卡洛斯·威廉姆斯对他父亲在1918年圣诞节去世的描述。威廉姆斯在自传中对这一事件的叙述揭示了他作为儿子、医生和诗人的复杂反应。除了描述目睹父亲身体状况恶化时的无助,他还对自己那天的行为表达了深深的罪恶感。威廉姆斯在这一时期的信件也显示出他渴望了解他的死亡对他的生活和工作的更大影响。这些个人描述为后来对两首基于这一经历的挽歌的解释奠定了基础:《燃烧圣诞绿》和《麻雀》。
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