Williams, William Carlos 1883-1963

Paterson by William Carlos Williams ( Book )
83 editions published between 1927 and 2009 in 7 languages and held by 2,144 libraries worldwide
Long recognized as a masterpiece of modern American poetry, William Carlos Williams' Paterson is one man's testament and vision, "a humanist manifesto enacted in five books, a grammar to help us to live" (Denis Donoghue). Paterson is both a place - the New Jersey city near which Williams lived - and a man: the symbolic figure in whom the person (the poet's own life) and the public (the history of the region) are combined. Originally four books (published individually between 1946 and 1951), the structure of Paterson (in Dr. Williams' words) "follows the course of the Passaic River, whose life seemed more and more to resemble my own: the river above the Falls, the catastrophe of the Falls itself, the river below the Falls and the entrance at the end into the great sea." Book Five, published in 1958, when the poet was seventy-five, affirms the triumphant life of the imagination, in spite of age and death. This edition has been completely re-edited by noted Williams scholar Christopher MacGowan of the College of William and Mary and, in addition to presenting the most authoritative text possible, contains invaluable notes identifying Williams' sources and references.

The collected poems of William Carlos Williams by William Carlos Williams ( Book )
39 editions published between 1909 and 2001 in English and held by 2,144 libraries worldwide
Collection of poems of William Carlos Williams from 1939-1962.

Collected earlier poems by William Carlos Williams ( Book )
13 editions published between 1938 and 1966 in English and held by 1,758 libraries worldwide
The evolution of Williams' style and the further development of the uniquely American poetic tradition is evidenced in works written before World War II.

The autobiography of William Carlos Williams by William Carlos Williams ( Book )
24 editions published between 1951 and 1985 in English and held by 1,737 libraries worldwide

The collected later poems of William Carlos Williams by William Carlos Williams ( Book )
20 editions published between 1950 and 1967 in English and held by 1,665 libraries worldwide

In the American grain by William Carlos Williams ( Book )
23 editions published between 1925 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 1,562 libraries worldwide

Selected poems by William Carlos Williams ( Book )
20 editions published between 1909 and 2004 in 4 languages and held by 1,242 libraries worldwide
Reflects the most up-to-date Williams scholarship with selections arranged in chronological order.

Selected essays by William Carlos Williams ( Book )
7 editions published between 1954 and 1969 in English and held by 1,242 libraries worldwide

Imaginations by William Carlos Williams ( Book )
13 editions published between 1960 and 1988 in 3 languages and held by 1,209 libraries worldwide

The William Carlos Williams reader by William Carlos Williams ( Book )
6 editions published between 1965 and 1969 in English and held by 1,204 libraries worldwide