An Early Martyr and Other Poems
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An Early Martyr and Other Poems was published by the American
poet
William Carlos Williams
in 1935. It was originally published in New York
by The Alcestis Press.
The collection includes poems such as "An Early Martyr" (for which the entire book is named), "Flowers By The Sea," "Proletarian Portrait," and the often anthologized "The Yachts." It also serves as a companion piece for another collection of Williams' poetry, Adam & Eve & The City, published a year later in 1936.
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William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams was an American poet closely associated with modernism and Imagism. He was also a pediatrician and general practitioner of medicine, having graduated from the University of Pennsylvania...
in 1935. It was originally published in New York
New York
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by The Alcestis Press.
The collection includes poems such as "An Early Martyr" (for which the entire book is named), "Flowers By The Sea," "Proletarian Portrait," and the often anthologized "The Yachts." It also serves as a companion piece for another collection of Williams' poetry, Adam & Eve & The City, published a year later in 1936.