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The poems in Sylvia Plath's "Ariel", including many of her best-known such as "Lady Lazarus", "Daddy" and "Fever 103 degrees", were all written ... More

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Great strange visionary poems by the author of Howl, "in the midst of the broken consciousness of mid-twentieth century . . ." In the midst of the ... More

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Winner of the National Book Award in 1991 "This collection amounts to a hymn of praise for all the workers of America. These proletarian heroes, ... More

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In Atwood's poems, Helen of Troy appears as a tabletop dancer and Miss July muses on life as a cheesecake queen. There are also poems dealing with ... More

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Important poems by the late New York poet published in The New American Poetry, Evergreen Review, Floating Bear and stranger places. Often this poet, ... More

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Frank O'Hara was one of the great poets of the twentieth century and, along with such widely acclaimed writers as Denise Levertov, Allen Ginsberg, ... More

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With this heartwarming collection of poems, Hegg, the master poet, recalls his summer trips to "the family" cabin where time stops and lifelong ... More

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"Here is a poetry of courage and passion, which manages to be tender and achingly sensual and what is often called 'political' at the same time. This ... More

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Charles Altieri's book sets modernist American poetry in a precise cultural context.

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This first-ever collection of the extraordinary poetry to emerge from the Vietnam War is a milestone of both literature and history--a stunningly ... More

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A collection of 17 essays, composed from 1959 to 1964.

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Vidal writes with ease and grace, and roams through many subjects and genres. He is a master of the historical novel, in which he has explored ... More

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A comprehensive and accessible 2007 overview of modernist poetry, its forms, its major authors and its contexts.

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The Cantos of Ezra Pound is the most important epic poem of the twentieth century.

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"First published ... as New Directions paperbook 434 in 1977"--T.p. verso.

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The first new selection of this acclaimed poet's work in nearly twenty years--now in paperback--is a rich reminder to poetry readers of his lasting ... More

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Written by a leading critic, this invigorating introduction to modernist American poetry conveys the excitement that can be generated by a careful ... More

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Jennifer Ashton develops important ways to read modernist and postmodernist poets through their similarities as well as their differences.

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At the heart of this haunting yet accessible work is a sequence of poems that encompasses the cultural history of northern California in a ... More

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Poets have long been drawn to the images and techniques of still life. Artists and poets alike present intimate worlds where time is suspended in the ... More

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Modernism's Other Work challenges deeply held critical beliefs about the meaning-in particular the political meaning-of modernism's commitment to the ... More

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