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Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. A BEAUTIFUL SET: THE 20TH CENTURY'S GREATEST AMERICAN POET, BEAUTIFULLY EDITED: NEW "The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams" First publication in hardcover (Complete in Two Volumes): NEW: VOLUME I: 1909-1939, 0-8112-1187-8 First Edition (1986) Unstated Later Printing AS-NEW mylar-protected jacket showing minimal shelf-dust soiling 5.96" x 8.96" x 1.12", 0.80 kg, xx+588 (608) pp ABOUT VOLUME I: Considered by many to be the most characteristically American of our 20th-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 "Patterson") was issued in these 2 definitive hardcover volumes in 1986 & 1988., this first volume of "The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams", covering the years 1909 through 1939, begins w/ the first collection of poems Williams wished to preserve, "The Tempers" (1913), & includes successive volumes through "Adam & Eve & The City" (1936) w/ their contents intact. Uncollected poems of ea. period are inserted between individual volumes in order of first publication. This careful attention to chronology enables the reader to chart the large contours of Williams' early career & to appreciate the enormous advances in technique he made during his first decade as a poet. Extensive annotations by the editors (A. Walton Litz, Holmes Professor of English Literature at Princeton University, & Christopher MacGowan of the College of William & Mary) include significant textual variants as well as a wealth of previously unavailable background information on the poems. * NEW: VOLUME II: 1939-1962, 0-8112-1188-6 First Edition (1988) Unstated Later Printing AS-NEW mylar-protected jacket showing minimal shelf-dust soiling 5.96" x 8.96" x 1.12", 0.76 kg, xxii+554 (576) pp ABOUT VOLUME II: "Volume II, 1939-1962" (Orig. 1988) completes the definitive edition of Williams' published poems (exclusive of "Paterson") begun w/ Volume I (Orig. 1986). Edited by Christopher MacGowan of the College of William & Mary, this 2nd volume includes the collections Williams published contemporaneously w/ the first 3 books of' "Paterson" ("The Wedge" (1944), "The Clouds" (1948), & "The Pink Church" (1949)--the 2 books in which the poet developed his distinctive 3-step line--"The Desert Music" (1954) & "Journey to Love" (1955); & his final volume, "Pictures from Brueghel" (1962), which won a posthumous Pulitzer prize for its author. As in Volume I, uncollected poems are arranged chronologically & inserted between the individual books. Extensively researched annotations provide numerous comments by the author on his poems as well as significant textual variants & helpful background information. * COMPLETE 2-VOLUME SET: 5.96" x 8.96" x 2.24", 1.56 kg, xlii+1142 (1184) pp * HIGHEST PRAISE: "Williams' "Collected Poems" (Volumes I & II) makes it even more apparent that he is the (20th century's) major American poet."-Larry Kart, Chicago Tribune "[A] beautify edited edition. [Williams'] accomplishment should embody a standard for any living American poet."-Robert Pinsky, NYTBR* SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or via USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee of $16.00 & via MANDATORY USPS PRIORITY INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to all international destinations at our posted below-cost rates or as quoted on request.