What is "paterson"

Paterson is an epic poem by American poet William Carlos Williams published, in five volumes, from 1946 to 1958. The origin of the poem was an eighty-five line long poem written in 1926, after Williams had read and been influenced by James Joyce's novel Ulysses. As he continued writing lyric poetry, Williams spent increasing amounts of time on Paterson, honing his approach to it both in terms of style and structure. While The Cantos of Ezra Pound and The Bridge by Hart Crane could be considered partial models, Williams was intent on a documentary method that differed from both these works, one that would mirror "the resemblance between the mind of modern man and the city."

While Williams might or might not have said so himself, commentators such as Christoper Beach and Margaret Lloyd have called Paterson his response to T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land and Pound's Cantos. The long gestation time of Paterson before its first book was published was due in large part to Williams's honing of prosody outside of conventional meter and his development of an overall structure that would stand on a par with Eliot and Pound yet remain endemically American, free from past influences and older forms.

The poem is composed of five books and a fragment of a sixth book. The five books of Paterson were published separately in 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951 and 1958, and the entire work collected under one cover in 1963. A revised edition was released in 1992. This corrected a number of printing and other textual errors in the original, especially discrepancies between prose citations in their original sources and how they appeared in Williams's poem. Paterson is set in Paterson, New Jersey, whose long history allowed Williams to give depth to the America he wanted to write about, and the Paterson Falls, which powered the town's industry, became a central image and source of energy for the poem.

Paterson may refer to:

'Paterson Station is a New Jersey Transit commuter rail train station located on an elevated viaduct above Market Street in downtown Paterson, New Jersey. The railway through the station is double tracked, for north and south traffic on the NJT Main Line.

Paterson is a Scottish given name meaning "son of Patrick". It is more commonly used as a surname. People with the given name Paterson include:

• Paterson Ewen (1925 - 2002), Canadian painter
• Paterson Joseph (born 1964), British actor
• T. Paterson Ross (d. 1957), American, San Francisco Bay Area architect

The Paterson| was a Brass Era/ Vintage car built in Flint, Michigan from 1909 until 1923.

Canadian-born William A. Paterson set up the W. A. Paterson Company in Flint in 1869 to make carriages. Even though he entered the automobile field later than many of his fellow carriage makers, he was totally committed to the enterprise, and manufactured a well-built automobile. By 1910, he had completely stopped producing carriages. The earliest Patersons were typical of motor buggies at the time, featuring a two- cylinder air-cooled engine, planetary transmission, double chain drive and solid rubber tires. In 1910, the Paterson matured into a more refined automobile, with four-cylinder 30 HP engines, shaft drive, and selective transmission. Six-cylinder engines were introduced in 1915, and the four was dropped the following year. For the remainder of its production run, Patersons featured Continental six-cylinder engines.

As with Cole in Indianapolis, Patersons enjoyed a high degree of owner loyalty. There was also a widespread distribution network, with dealers in all 48 states. After William Paterson died in 1921, his son, W. C. Paterson, and associate W. R. Hubbard had trouble running the company during the postwar depression. In July 1923, the two sold the company to Dallas Winslow, who was the Dodge dealer in Flint. Winslow stated he would be hiring the engineering and production manager, E. C. Kollmorgen, to alter the Paterson in order to continue production, but he must have soon changed his mind. The Paterson Company was closed, one of the several automobile manufacturers that went out of business during the postwar depression, as well as competition from those in Detroit.

The Paterson Office Building still stands in Flint at the corner of Saginaw Street and Third Street. The Paterson Building has been owned by the Collison Family for over 25 years and has been restored inside and out.

Paterson is a 2016 American-German drama film directed by Jim Jarmusch. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes the film won the Palm Dog Award. It will have its North American premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. The film is scheduled to be released on December 28, 2016, by Amazon Studios and Bleecker Street.

Paterson is a Scottish, English, and Irish surname meaning "Fathers' son" or "son of Patrick". In Connacht, and Ulster, the name is considered to be an Anglicised form of the Irish language surname Ó Casáin. Paterson is rarely used as a given name. There are other spellings, including Patterson. Notable people with the surname include:

• Aileen Paterson, Scottish children's writer
• Alexander Paterson, Australian politician
• Sir Alexander Paterson, British prison reformer
• Algy Paterson, Australian last speaker of the Martuthunira language
• Andrew J. Paterson, Canadian artist
• Banjo Paterson, Australian poet
• Barbara Paterson, Canadian sculptor
• Basil A. Paterson (1926–2014), New York politician
• Bill Paterson (actor), Scottish actor
• Callum Paterson, Scottish footballer
• Chris Paterson, Scottish rugby player
• Colin Paterson, Scottish entrepreneur
• Cory Paterson, Australian Rugby League player
• David Paterson, New York Governor
• Don Paterson, Scottish poet
• Fred Paterson, Australian politician
• Gil Paterson, Scottish politician
• Helen Mary Elizabeth Paterson, birth name of Helen Allingham (1848–1926), English painter
• Iain Paterson, Scottish baritone
• Isabel Paterson, Canadian libertarian writer
• James Paterson (disambiguation), multiple people
• James Hamilton-Paterson, British novelist and poet
• Jamie Paterson (disambiguation), several people
• Jennifer Paterson (1928–1999), British television chef
• Jodi Ann Paterson, American model and actress
• John Paterson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Katherine Paterson, American children's writer
• Lee Paterson, rugby league footballer for Scotland, Keighley Cougars, York, Batley Bulldogs, Carpentras XIII, Widnes Vikings, and Featherstone Rovers
• Lloyd H. Paterson (1925–1988), New York politician
• Martin Paterson, English born Northern Ireland footballer
• Matthew C. Paterson (died 1846), New York County D.A.
• Meg Paterson, fictional character from Monarch of the Glen
• Mike Paterson, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Warwick
• Neil Paterson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Owen Paterson, British politician
• Owen Paterson, Australian production designer on The Matrix Series
• Rex Paterson, British agriculturalist
• Robert Paterson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Stan Paterson (1924–2013), British glaciologist
• Tim Paterson, American computer programmer, author of MS-DOS
• Tom Paterson, Scottish comics artist
• William Paterson (disambiguation), multiple people