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Selected poems / William Carlos Williams ; Robert Pinsky, editor.

by Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963.

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The Library of America, c2004.

American poetry -- 20th century

American poets project 13.

9781931082716 (hc.)

1931082715 (hc.)

Poems. Selections.

xxvii, 189 p. ; 19 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-181) and index.

"No poetry is more fresh, more immediate, more deftly challenging," writes editor Robert Pinsky. "William Carlos Williams is at the center of one of poetry's greatest historical flowerings." A poet of astonishing range and inventiveness, Williams was at once a daring formal innovator, one of the band of modernists who transformed American poetry, and an intimate, sometimes savagely frank chronicler of the life and landscape of his native New Jersey. From the beginning he pursued an independent course, creating a diverse and unfailingly vital body of work, from the hard-edged experiments of Spring and All to the fluent lyricism of "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower." His influence on generations of poets has been indelible, and as this selection demonstrates, his poems retain their capacity to astonish and delight. Born in New Jersey, Williams' primary occupation was as a family doctor, but he also had a successful literary career as a poet. One of his friends was fellow New Jersey poet Allen Ginsberg. Williams wrote the introduction to Ginsberg's first book, Howl and Other Poems in 1956.

American poetry.

Pinsky, Robert.

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