Opening with Professor Tomlinson's superbly clear and helpful introduction this selection reflects the most up-to-date Williams scholarship. In addition to including many more pieces, Tomlinson has organized the whole in chronological order.<br /><br /><br />It isn't what he [the poet] says that counts as a work of art," Williams maintained, "it's what he makes, with such intensity of purpose that it lives with an intrinsic movement of its own to verify its authenticity.

美国后现代诗歌鼻祖
威廉斯五十年诗歌精选集
金斯堡、洛威尔等一众诗人的诗歌父亲
“没有想法 唯在事物中”
【编辑推荐】
🔵本土的简朴文字 日常的精微想象 便条亦可入诗
🟢首度译介散文诗集《地狱里的科拉：即兴创作》，收录诗歌实验突破之作《春天及一切》（《红色手推车》《便条》）及普利策奖诗集《勃鲁盖尔的画作》选篇
⚪浅白的诗语，带有土地之朴实，平常人之真情。唤醒被工业异化的心灵，迸发蓊郁的想象力
【内容简介】
威廉·卡洛斯·威廉斯，终身的诗歌实验、创新、革命者。他主张在美国本土环境中寻找原始的动力，以普通人日常的语言和生活材料入诗，运用想象力和同情心在破碎、工业化的残酷现实中冲破限制、唤醒新生，迸发清新的欢愉。他对美国诗歌的革新影响了洛威尔、金斯堡等一众诗人，被誉为“美国后现代诗歌鼻祖”，1963年荣获普利策诗歌奖。
本书精选威廉斯五十年诗歌生涯各阶段代表作，以其早期实验阶段的突破之作《春天及一切》为界分为两辑，收录首度译介的散文诗集《地狱里的科拉：即兴创作》、普利策奖诗集《勃鲁盖尔的画作》等选篇，全面呈现诗人诗艺和诗歌追求的流变。

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★美国当代诗歌源头性作品，揭示神秘而神圣的存在
★普利策奖、全美图书奖得主，美国后现代主义诗歌鼻祖卡洛斯·威廉斯代表作，国内首次完整译介。
★它的出版被誉为美国诗坛的“地质事件”，著名导演吉姆·贾木许曾以《帕特森》为线索自编自导同名电影向其致敬
★一个人是一座城市，帕特森是众生与世界的缩影，展示着每一个沉默专注而内心丰富的普通人，面对纷纭变幻的现代世界时共有的迷茫与奋勇。
【名人推荐】
威廉斯的诗最引人注目的是它的移情、同情和对对象有力的情感认同。
——兰德尔·贾雷尔
威廉斯已融入我们文学强劲的气息之中。《帕特森》 是我们的《草叶集》。——罗伯特·洛威尔
【内容简介】
威廉·卡洛斯·威廉斯是二十世纪美国著名诗人，后现代主义诗歌的鼻祖，擅长以敏锐的感觉和明快的风格描写周遭的事物和生活的经验，继艾略特之后开启了美国新一代的诗风。《帕特森》为威廉斯的代表作，体现了他以一个地方映照整个世界的努力，及开创一种诗歌新局面的雄心，其出版被誉为美国诗坛的“地质事件”，是现代文学的一个重要里程碑。
在《帕特森》中，帕特森既是一个人又是一座城市，威廉斯戏剧性地将两者相融，面对一个充满隔阂和孤独的现代社会，寻找一种弥合和抚慰的新语言。

Despite its epic scope, Paterson is often chosen by nonspecialists, such as the social critic Robert Coles, as the way in to a discovery of Williams' exuberant and humane career as a poet. The going is made easier and the way is clarified by this invaluable new edition, for in it Williams' achievement can be seen in its proper context. His social concern, for instance, in contrast to that of other modernists, becomes more apparent. Misprints have been corrected, fugitive verses or sources have been tracked down, tab spaces have been restored and the crowded typography of recent editions has been opened up. Textual notes are thorough. We learn, for instance, that Williams changed the phrase "seldom dig" in a letter of Allen Ginsberg's excerpted here to "seldom did," probably because the older poet did not know the Beat usage. Williams at his strongest is as good an American poet as there has been; still, it must be noted that not all of the five books of Paterson (plus fragments of a sixth) are up to that level. Yet, with this edition, the important project of re-editing Williams' poetry is skillfully completed. The work of an experimental master is laid out in a definitive edition.

<玻璃动物园>是美国剧作家田纳西·威廉姆斯的代表作之一.该剧以三十年代美国的经济大萧条为背景,用诗人的才情在戏剧舞台上细腻地刻画了现代社会里底层人物的精神痛苦.这种痛苦并非某时某地所独有,至今仍不失为一场动人的现代悲剧.