
Selected Poems by William Carlos Williams
Opening with Professor Tomlinson's superbly clear and helpful introduction this selection reflects the most up-to-date Williams scholarship. In addition to including many more pieces, Tomlinson has organized the whole in chronological order. "It isn't what he [the poet] says that counts as a work of art," Williams maintained, "it's what he makes, with such intensity of purpose that it lives with an intrinsic movement of its own to verify its authenticity."
"The greatness of a poet is not to be measured by the scale but by the intensity and perfection of his worksAlso by his vivacity. Williams is the author of the most vivid poems of modern American poetry." -- Octavio Paz
Besides being a practicing physician, William Carlos Williams (1883–1963) was a poet, short-story writer, novelist, translator, playwright, and essayist whose contribution to the development of modern American poetry grew out of his commitment to recording the "local" experience of Rutherford, New Jersey, and its environs. Charles Tomlinson read English at Queens College, Cambridge, has lived in Northern Italy and London, and has recently retired after thirty-six years of teaching at the University of Bristol. In 1993 he received the Bennett Award for achievement in literature from The Hudson Review of New York, and in 1991 the Premio Europeo di Cittadella. He is the editor of the classic anthology The Oxford Book of Verse in English Translation. He lives in Gloucester, England.
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ISBN 13 | 9780811209588 |
ISBN 10 | 081120958X |
Title | Selected Poems |
Author | William Carlos Williams |
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Binding Type | Paperback |
Publisher | New Directions Publishing Corporation |
Year published | 1985-12-04 |
Number of pages | 302 |
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