Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)

Williams, William Carlos

ISBN 10: 081120958X / ISBN 13: 9780811209588

Published by New Directions, 1985

Book is in very good condition. Clean with little to no signs of wear or markings highlights. Seller Inventory # LFM.7VFL

Synopsis:

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."

About the Authors: 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.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)
Publisher: New Directions
Publication Date: 1985
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: very_good