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Written by a leading authority on William Carlos Williams, thisbook provides a wide-ranging and stimulating guide totwentieth-century American poetry. A wide-ranging and stimulating critical guide totwentieth-century American poetry. Written by a leading authority on the innovative modernistpoet, William Carlos Williams. Explores the material, historical and social contexts in whichtwentieth-century American poetry was produced. Includes a biographical dictionary of major writers withextended entries on poets ranging from Robert Frost to AdrienneRich. Contains a section on key texts considering major works, suchas ‘The Waste Land’, ‘North & South’,‘Howl’ and ‘Ariel’. The final section draws out key themes, such as Americanpoetry, politics and war, and the process of anthologizing at theend of the century.