Kora in Hell: Improvisations #362955

Kora in Hell: Improvisations, William Carlos Williams said, "is a unique book, not like any other I have written. It is the book I have enjoyed referring to more than any of the others. It reveals myself to me and perhaps that is why I have kept it to myself...I am indebted to Ezra Pound for the title. We had talked about Kora, the Greek parallel of Persephone, the legend of Springtime captured and take to Hades. I thought of myself as Springtime and I felt I was on my way to Hell (but didn't go very far). This is what the Improvisations were trying to say...."