The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
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- Author: William Carlos Williams
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
The 1938 catalog for the New Directions Publishing Company, a fledgling operation launched by James Laughlin, announced the forthcoming publication of The Complete Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams. It is fitting that fifty years later, Laughlin—now recognized as a visionary pioneer in American publishing—has presented the second volume of the collected poems of a man who has been gradually acknowledged as one of America's greatest poets during the years New Directions issued his work. As recently as 1950, the revised edition of an 843-page anthology called A...
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