num_pages: 580
description: This is the paperback edition of the first of Carcanet's monumental, definitive two-volume edition of Williams' Collected Poems, including all his verse apart from his major long poem 'Paterson', also available from Carcanet. Thom Gunn described this volume as 'an ideal edition'. The poems are printed in the order of their original publication, starting with 'The Tempers' (1913) and ending with 'Poems 1936-1939'. The appendices include notes on the text, annotations and the original contents pages of the earlier Collected editions, as well as a full index of titles and first lines.
language: English
title: Collected Poems I, 1909-1939
titlecomplete: Collected Poems I, 1909-1939
genres: American, The United States Of America, Poetry, Nonfiction, Literature, Classics, College, Art, 20th Century, Unfinished
ratings_count: 6149
publisher: Carcanet Pr