The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams, Vol. 1: 1909-1939
Except for Paterson and Poems (1909), a volume that Williams himself rejected, this first volume of a projected two-volume set contains all the published poems written from 1909 to 1939, a year that Williams saw as a turning point leading to greater experimentation. Nearly 100 poems not found in Collected Earlier Poems or Collected Later Poems are included. Poems appear in chronological orderWilliams himself grouped poems thematically in the earlier collectionsand extensive annotations include early versions of poems modified later, significant textual variants, and background information. Highly recommended to scholars, this carefully edited volume will also be useful to the general reader. Walter Waring, Emeritus Prof., English Dept., Kalamazoo Coll., Mich.Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.