Anthology of Modern American Poetry

Anthology of Modern American Poetry Contains More Than 750 Poems by 161 American Poets, Including Many Who Have Not Been Anthologized Before. Spanning a Period From Walt Whitman to Sherman Alexie, This Collection is the First to Review the Twentieth Century Comprehensively. It Presents Not Only the Canonical Poetry of the Last Hundred Years but Also Numerous Poems by Women, Minority, and Progressive Writers Only Rediscovered in the Past Two Decades.
Uniquely Comprehensive, Anthology of Modern American Poetry Represents Robert Frost With 23 Poems, Wallace Stevens With 22, and Marianne Moore With 14, Including Her Most Ambitious Long Poems. William Carlos Williams is Represented Not Only by His Exquisite Short Lyrics, but Also With an Experimental Combination of Poetry and Prose. With 29 Poems, Langston Hughes is Given Full Treatment for the First Time in Any Comprehensive Anthology. Substantial Selections by Contemporary Poets Like John Ashbery, Sylvia Plath, Frank O'hara, Philip Le