7 must-read american books like Selected Poems of Ezra Pound by Ezra Pound

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Selected Poems of Ezra Pound

By: Ezra Pound

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

The verse and criticism which he produced during the early years of the twentieth century very larg…

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1. Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)

By: William Carlos Williams , Charles Tomlinson

4.16

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

Opening with Professor Tomlinson's superbly clear and helpful introduction this selection reflects … read more

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"they are mystified by certain instances."

-William Carlos Williams, Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)

"Sun benches at the curb bespeak another season, truncated poplars that having served for shade served also later for the fire."

-William Carlos Williams, Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)

"I have found that Lost World in the Lost and Found Columns whose gray illegible advertisements My soul has memorized world after world: LOST - NOTHING. STRAYED FROM NOWHERE. NO REWARD."

-William Carlos Williams, Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)

"When I was young and miserable and pretty And poor, I'd wish What all girls wish: to have a husband, A house and children. Now that I'm old, my wish Is womanish: That the boy putting groceries in my …"

-William Carlos Williams, Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)

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2. The Recognitions

By: William H. Gass , William Gaddis

4.20

Format: 976 pages, Paperback

The book Jonathan Franzen dubbed the "ur-text of postwar fiction" and the "first great cultural cri… read more

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"Women get desperate, but they don't understand despair."

-William H. Gass, The Recognitions

"That fever had passed; but for the rest of his life it never left his eyes."

-William H. Gass, The Recognitions

"Reading Proust isn't just reading a book, it's an experience and you can't reject an experience."

-William H. Gass, The Recognitions

"Most people are clever because they don't know how to be honest." William Gaddis, The Recognitions."

-William H. Gass, The Recognitions

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3. 100 Selected Poems

By: E.E. Cummings

4.29

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

E.E. Cummings is without question one of the major poets of the 20th century, and this volume, firs… read more

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"tomorrow is our permanent address"

-E.E. Cummings, 100 Selected Poems

"for every mile the feet go the heart goes nine"

-E.E. Cummings, 100 Selected Poems

"love’s to giving as to keeping’s give; as yes is to if,love is to yes"

-E.E. Cummings, 100 Selected Poems

"Always it’s Spring)and everyone’s in love and flowers pick themselves."

-E.E. Cummings, 100 Selected Poems

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4. The Collected Poems

By: Wallace Stevens

4.27

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

This definitive poetry collection, originally published in 1954 to honor Stevens on his 75th birthd… read more

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"Consider the odd morphology of regret."

-Wallace Stevens, The Collected Poems

"The death of one god is the death of all."

-Wallace Stevens, The Collected Poems

"Spring is umbilical or else it is not spring."

-Wallace Stevens, The Collected Poems

"The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream."

-Wallace Stevens, The Collected Poems

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5. Birthday Letters

By: Ted Hughes

3.90

Format: 198 pages, Paperback

Formerly Poet Laureate to Queen Elizabeth II, the late Ted Hughes (1930-98) is recognized as one of… read more

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"What happened casually remains -"

-Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters

"What happens in the heart simply happens."

-Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters

"How could Fate stage a scenario so symbolic without having secreted the tragedy ending and the ironic death?"

-Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters

"Like a newer or much older religion In me alone, to be carried Everywhere with me -- deeper catacombs, And with a stronger God."

-Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters

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6. Four Quartets

By: T.S. Eliot

3.67

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

The Four Quartets is a series of four poems by T.S. Eliot, published individually from 1936 to 1942… read more

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7. Collected Poems

By: Dylan Thomas

3.80

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomascontains poems that Thomas personally decided best represented h… read more

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8. Selected Poems of Ezra Pound

By: Ezra Pound

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

The verse and criticism which he produced during the early years of the twentieth century very larg… read more

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9. Selected Poems

By: None , Edward Mendelson

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

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10. The Complete Poetry and Prose

By: Harold Bloom , William Blake , David V. Erdman

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

Since its first publication in 1965, this edition has been widely hailed as the best available text… read more

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11. The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats

By: W.B. Yeats , Richard J. Finneran

4.15

Format: 333 pages,

The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeatsincludes all of the poems authorized by Yeats for inclusion in hi… read more

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12. The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke

By: Rainer Maria Rilke , Stephen Mitchell , Robert Hass

4.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

Parallel German text and English translation. The influence and popularity of Rilke's poetry in Ame… read more

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13. A Season in Hell/The Drunken Boat

By: Arthur Rimbaud , Louise Varèse

3.95

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

Although he stopped writing at the age of 19, Arthur Rimbaud (1854-91) possessed the most revolutio… read more

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14. Collected Poems, 1909-1962

By: T.S. Eliot

4.12

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

There is no more authoritative collection of the poetry that Eliot himself wished to preserve than … read more

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15. Complete Poems, 1904-1962

By: E.E. Cummings

3.95

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

At the time of his death in 1962, E. E. Cummings was, next to Robert Frost, the most widely read po… read more

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16. The Complete Poems

By: John Keats

3.85

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

'I think I shall be among the English Poets after my death,' John Keats soberly prophesied in 1818 … read more

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17. Selected Poems

By: Anna Akhmatova , D.M. Thomas

3.70

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

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18. Selected Poems

By: T.S. Eliot

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

Chosen by Eliot himself, the poems in this volume represent the poet's most important work before F… read more

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19. Ecclesiastical History of the English People

By: Bede , Ronald E. Latham , None , Leo Sherley-Price

3.95

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

Written in AD 731, Bede's work opens with a background sketch of Roman Britain's geography and hist… read more

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20. Selected Poems

By: Jorge Luis Borges , Alexander Coleman

3.78

Format: 472 pages, Paperback

Though universally acclaimed for his dazzling fictions, Jorge Luis Borges always considered himself… read more

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21. The Waste Land and Other Poems

By: T.S. Eliot

3.62

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Few readers need any introduction to the work of the most influential poet of the twentieth century… read more

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13 must-read fiction books like Selected Poems of Ezra Pound by Ezra Pound

Transform Your Habits

Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)

William Carlos Williams , Charles Tomlinson

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Recognitions

William H. Gass , William Gaddis

4.20

Transform Your Habits

100 Selected Poems

E.E. Cummings

4.29

Transform Your Habits

The Collected Poems

Wallace Stevens

4.27

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14 must-read fiction books like A Season in Hell/The Drunken Boat by Arthur Rimbaud, Louise Varèse

Transform Your Habits

Crash

J.G. Ballard

3.59

Transform Your Habits

Howl and Other Poems

William Carlos Williams , Allen Ginsberg

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Les Chants de Maldoror

Comte de Lautréamont , Guy Wernham

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Les Fleurs du Mal

Charles Baudelaire , Richard Howard

4.20

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