the great figure

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1、TheGreatFigure“Thepoemasitstandsistheproductofavisualexperienceandshouldberegardedassuch.Ifitisapproachedfromwithinaliteraryframeworkitlosesitssignificance...”(BramDijkstra,TheHieroglyphicsofaNewSpeech:Cubism,Stieglitz,andtheEarlyPoetryofWilliamCarlosWilliams,PrincetonUniversityPress,196

2、9,pp.76-78:)Poeticmethod:“Noideasbutinthings.”----WilliamCarlosWilliamshttp://www.learner.org/catalog/extras/vvspot/video/williams.htmlTheGreatFigureAmongtherainandlightsIsawthefigure5ingoldonaredfiretruckmovingtenseunheededtogongclangssirenhowlsandwheelsrumblingthroughthedarkcityWil

3、liamCarlosWilliams(1883-1963)SourGrapes:ABookofPoemsFourSeasCompany,Boston,1921CharlesDemuth(1883-1935)TheFigure5inGold(1928)TheGreatFigureAmongtherainandlightsIsawthefigure5ingoldonaredfiretruckmovingtenseunheededtogongclangssirenhowlsandwheelsrumblingthroughthedarkcityChristopher

4、J.MacGowan’s“WilliamCarlosWilliam’s‘TheGreatFigure’andMarsdenHartley”inAmericanLiterature,Vol.53,No.2(May,1981)WilliamswritesintheAutobiography:“OnceonahotJulydaycomingbackexhaustedfromthePostGraduateClinic,IdroppedinasIsometimesdidatMarsden'sstudioonFifteenthStreetforatalk,alittledrinkm

5、aybeandtoseewhathewasdoing.AsIapproachedhisnumberIheardagreatclatterofbellsandtheroarofafireenginepassingtheendofthestreetdownNinthAvenue.Iturnedjustintimetoseeagoldenfigure5onaredbackgroundflashby.TheimpressionwassosuddenandforcefulthatItookapieceofpaperoutofmypocketandwroteashortpoemab

6、outit.”MarsdenHartley(1877-1943)PaintingNo.5(1914-15)JasperJohns(1930-)TheBlackFigure5(1960)