12 must-read 20th century books like Selected Poems by Edward Mendelson

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Selected Poems

By: None , Edward Mendelson

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

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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. Cane

By: Jean Toomer , Darwin Turner

3.83

Format: 116 pages, Paperback

A literary masterpiece of the Harlem Renaissance, Cane is a powerful work of innovative fiction evo… read more

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"Call them from their houses, and teach them to dream."

-Jean Toomer, Cane

"Her own glowing is too rich a thing to let her feel the slimness of his diluted passion."

-Jean Toomer, Cane

"There is no such thing as happiness. Life bends joy and pain, beauty and ugliness, in such a way that no one may isolate them."

-Jean Toomer, Cane

"I like to feel that something deep in me responded to the trees, the young trees that whinnied like colts impatient to be let free…"

-Jean Toomer, Cane

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3. 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

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

-Wallace Stevens, The Collected Poems

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

-Wallace Stevens, The Collected Poems

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4. Collected Poems

By: Philip Larkin , Anthony Thwaite

4.21

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

One of the best-known and best-loved poets of the English-speaking world, Philip Larkin had only a … read more

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"Life is slow dying."

-Philip Larkin, Collected Poems

"Time is the echo of an axe Within a wood."

-Philip Larkin, Collected Poems

"I take off my cycle-clips in awkward reverence."

-Philip Larkin, Collected Poems

"Death is no different whined at than withstood."

-Philip Larkin, Collected Poems

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5. 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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6. 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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  • poetry
  • classics
  • british literature
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  • 20th century
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7. 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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8. Selected Poems

By: None , Edward Mendelson

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

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9. The Waste Land

By: T.S. Eliot , Michael North

3.80

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

The text of Eliot's 1922 masterpiece is accompanied by thorough explanatory annotations as well as … read more

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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. Lyrical Ballads

By: William Wordsworth , Samuel Taylor Coleridge , None

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

The majority of the following poems are to be considered as experiments. They were written chiefly … read more

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14. The Poetry of Pablo Neruda

By: Pablo Neruda , Ilan Stavans

3.11

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

The most comprehensive English-language collection of work ever by "the greatest poet of the twenti… read more

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15. The Stories of John Cheever

By: John Cheever

4.12

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Here are sixty-one stories that chronicle the lives of what has been called "the greatest generatio… read more

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16. Selected Poems

By: W.B. Yeats , John Kelly

3.27

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

"All things can tempt me from this craft of verse: " "One time it was a woman's face, or worse-" "T… read more

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17. 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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18. The Poetry of Robert Frost

By: Robert Frost , Edward Connery Lathem

3.66

Format: 325 pages, Paperback

The only comprehensive gathering of Frost's published poetry, this affordable volume offers the ent… read more

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19. 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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20. The Complete Poems 1927-1979

By: Elizabeth Bishop

3.35

Format: None pages,

Elizabeth Bishop was vehement about her art--a perfectionist who didn't want to be seen as a "woman… read more

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21. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Other Poems

By: T.S. Eliot

4.18

Format: 411 pages, Hardcover

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12 must-read fiction books like Selected Poems by Edward Mendelson

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Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)

William Carlos Williams , Charles Tomlinson

4.16

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Cane

Jean Toomer , Darwin Turner

3.83

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The Collected Poems

Wallace Stevens

4.27

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Collected Poems

Philip Larkin , Anthony Thwaite

4.21

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Transform Your Habits

The Complete English Poems

John Donne , A.J. Smith

4.15

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Walt Whitman , Justin Kaplan

4.30

Transform Your Habits

100 Selected Poems

E.E. Cummings

4.29

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Wallace Stevens

4.27

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