The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams, Vol. 2: 1939-1962

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Considered by many to be the most characteristically American of our twentieth-century poets, William Carlos Williams “wanted to write a poem / that you would understand / ,,,But you got to try hard―.”

So that readers could more fully understand the extent of Williams’ radical simplicity, all of his published poetry, excluding Paterson, was reissued in two definite volumes, of which this is the first.
Publisher ‏ : ‎ New Directions
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 17, 1991
Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 552 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0811211886
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0811211888
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.6 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #181,987 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #330 in American Poetry (Books)