About this title: Williams's poetry is characterized by formal freedom--inspired by the poetry of Walt Whitman--coupled with an imagistic conciseness; like Pound, Williams believed that concrete details need no explanation, that ideas must be embodied in images. His poems are full of everyday objects; they celebrate the ordinary and the seemingly trivial--though they do so in unfamiliar ways and often from a surprising perspective. This volume contains poems spanning three decades in Williams's career.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
ISBN-13:9780811209588ISBN:081120958X
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Edition: 2nd
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New Direction, N. Y.
Date Published: 1963
Description: Cover Art. Good. Vintage Paperback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. The cover has light shelf wear with a spine roll....Light yellowing pages....Owners name on the first page.....................We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by.. read more
Edition: 6th
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions
Date Published: 1963
Description: Good+ As issued No Jacket. Slight spine lean, corner bump, slight age toning to the covers, cover scuffing, an inked out owner's inscription on the inside front cover, and other light shopwear. This selection is from the poets work up until 1950. It includes most of the favorites but no selections from Paterson. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New Directions, United States
Date Published: 1963
Description: Good. No Jacket. Good. No Jacket Textbook. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Binding loosening slightly. Text clean. Gift note inside front wrapper. read more
Edition: Book Club Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Quality Paperback Book Club, New York, NY
Date Published: 1991
Description: Fair. No Jacket as Issued. Dark yellow cover with mild edge wear, light soiling, small corner creases and spine crease, back bottom corner somewhat chewed. Moisture stain on bottom page edges, not affecting text. 142 pages, with index. Glued binding-20 cm. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions, New York, New York
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780811209588ISBN:081120958X
Description: Used Good. Has heavy markings. Has marker on fly page. Has minor shelf and corner wear. Has sticker on spine and front cover. Binding is in very good condition. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New Directions
Date Published: 1968
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First published in the New Directions New Classics series in 1949, this is the first New Directions paperbound edition. "Among the great figures who have led the revolution in poetry of our century William Carlos Williams was unique in his closeness to the center of American life. Over a span of fifty years he worked to achieve an idiom which would reflect the American rhythm, both of speech and living. " 174 pages. Softcover. New Directions (NDP131) ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780811209588ISBN:081120958X
Description: Very Good-Used in None as Issued jacket. / 081120958X. Bottom of spine bumped. Ships with confirming email. 100% money back guarantee. read more
Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780811209588ISBN:081120958X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. 1/4" closed tear to bottom front wrapper, minor extremity wear, light rubbing otherwise a near fine copy. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 302 p. Index. Audience: General/trade. This edition introduced a gathering larger and more comprehensive than the original 1963 edition. read more
Edition: Book Club Edition. Intro by Randall Jarrell
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BOMC
Date Published: 1991
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. 142 p. Includes index. Book Of The Month Club hard cover. Stain on closed pages. Inscription by previous owner inside. read more
Edition: Ninth printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New Directions
Date Published: 1969
Description: Enlarged Edition / 1912-1962. With an introduction by Randall Jarrell. Fine and bright pictorial stiff wraps with excellent spine and crisp text. read more
Edition: Fourth printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New Directions
Date Published: 1985
Description: Excellent reading copy with trifle lining to only the introduction. The poems are clean. Close to fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp text throughout. read more
Edition: Second printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New Directions
Date Published: 1969
Description: Enlarged Edition / 1912-1962. With an introduction by Randall Jarrell. Very good or better pictorial stiff wraps with neat owner's name which bothers none of the text. Blemish to back cover and trifle bump to spine. read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: New Directions
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780811209571ISBN:0811209571
Description: Good in Good jacket. Pages tight and clean. X-Library with usual markings. All books have issued dustcovers unless otherwise noted. Pictures always available upon request. All books shipped securely. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Date Published: 1985-06
ISBN-13:9780811209588ISBN:081120958X
Description: New. Paperback. You are buying a Book in NEW condition with very light shelf wear to include very light edge and corner wear. Buy it Now! ! ! As always, thank you for buying this book from International Book Source, YOUR ONE source FOR ALL your BOOK related NEEDS. Please remember to CHOOSE carefully how QUICKLY you would like to RECEIVE this material FAST, or standard (on next page). Thanks again! ! ! ! read more
"I have both editions and when I have poetry workshops for children at the Manville Library, NJ. I use this edition to most, for examples of WIlliams' poems."
"WCW is at his best when he focuses his writing on everyday scenes and images that so many of us do not consider and frequently overlook. His poem "The Great Figure" and "To A Poor Old Woman" are perfect examples of this. His longer poems, on the other hand, in this volume did not hold my attention."
Except for his later poems which all are written like this one after another
It gets a little tedious.
Williams definitely has a talent for relaying an idea using few words. "Apology", "This is Just to Say", "Dead Baby", "Fish", and one of the "Pastoral" works are some of the best poems I've ever read."
"I do not enjoy Williams that much. I've tried to make myself like him, but just can't. His language is too sparse for me. The poem that sticks out in my mind as an example of what I don't like in poetry is "The Red Wheelbarrow." I can't stand the emptiness of his poetry; he needs more language to explain and color his images. I realize many people love his stuff and this review is in no way meant to insult anyone. Williams just does not appeal to me."
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