The collected earlier poems of William Carlos Williams.
- 482 pages ; 21 cm
"A New Directions book."
The wanderer -- The tempers -- March -- History -- History -- Della primavera trasportata al morale -- An early martyr -- Al que quiere (To him who wants it) -- Fish -- Romance moderne -- Sour grapes -- Paterson -- The flower -- Spring and all -- Struggle of wings -- The descent of winter -- Impromptu: the suckers -- Collected poems 1934 -- An elegy for D.H. Lawrence -- Adam and Eve and the city -- Morning -- The crimson cyclamen -- Recent verse 1938 -- The drunkard.
The evolution of Williams' style and the further development of the uniquely American poetic tradition is evidenced in works written before World War II.