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Principal Works

*all are poetry unless otherwise noted

Poems. Rutherford, NJ: Privately printed, 1909.

The Tempers. London: Elkin Matthews, 1913.

Al Que Quiere! Boston: Four Seas, 1917.

Kora in Hell (prose poetry). Boston: Four Seas, 1920.

Sour Grapes. Boston: Four Seas, 1921. Contains "The Great Figure" and "To Waken an Old Lady."

Spring and All. Paris: Contact Publishing, 1923. Contains "The Red Wheelbarrow."

The Great American Novel (novelette). Paris: Three Mountains, 1923.

In the American Grain (essays). New York: Boni, 1925.

A Voyage to Pagany (novel). New York: Macauley, 1928.

A Novelette and Other Prose (experimental prose). Toulon: TO Publishers, 1932.

The Knife of the Times and Other Stories. Ithaca, NY: Dragon Press, 1932.

Collected Poems 1921-1931. New York: Objectivist Press, 1934. Contains "Poem (As the cat)" and "This Is Just to Say."

An Early Martyr and Other Poems. New York: Alcestis Press, 1935.

Adam & Eve & The City. Peru, VT: Alcestis Press, 1936.

White Mule (novel). Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1937.

Life Along the Passaic River (stories). Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1938. Contains "The Use of Force."

The Complete Collected Poems 1906-1938. Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1938. Contains "The Descent of Winter" (complete version).

In the Money (novel). Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1940.

The Broken Span. Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1941.

The Wedge. Cummington, MA: Cummington Press, 1944. Contains "The Dance."

Paterson, Book One. New York: New Directions, 1946.

Paterson, Book Two. New York: New Directions, 1948.

The Clouds. Cummington, MA: Wells College Press and Cummington Press, 1948.

A Dream of Love (play). New York: New Directions, 1948.

The Pink Church. Columbus, OH: Golden Goose Press, 1949.

Selected Poems. New York: New Directions, 1949.

Paterson, Book Three. New York: New Directions, 1949.

The Collected Later Poems. New York: New Directions, 1950.

Make Light of It: Collected Stories. New York: New Directions, 1950.

The Collected Earlier Poems. New York: New Directions, 1951.

Paterson, Book Four. New York: New Directions, 1951.

The Autobiography. New York: Random House, 1951.

The Build-Up (novel). New York: Random House, 1952.

The Desert Music and Other Poems. New York: Random House, 1954.

Selected Essays. New York: Random House, 1954.

Journey to Love. New York: Random House, 1955.

I Wanted to Write a Poem: The Autobiography of the Works of a Poet (reminiscence). Boston: Beacon, 1958.

Paterson, Book Five. New York: New Directions, 1958.

Yes, Mrs. Williams (reminiscence). New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1959.

Many Loves and Other Plays. New York: New Directions, 1961.

The Farmers' Daughters: Collected Stories. New York: New Directions, 1961.

Pictures from Brueghel. New York: New Directions, 1962.

Paterson (one-volume edition). New York: New Directions, 1963.

The Embodiment of Knowledge (essays). Ed. Ron Loewinsohn. New York: New Directions, 1974.

A Recognizable Image: William Carlos Williams on Art and Artists. Ed. Bram Dijkstra. New York: New Directions, 1978.

Something to Say: William Carlos Williams on Younger Poets. Ed. James Breslin. New York: New Directions, 1985.

Selected Poems. Ed. Charles Tomlinson. New York: New Directions, 1985.

The Collected Poems. Volume I: 1909-1939. Ed. A. Walton Litz and Christopher MacGowan. New York: New Directions, 1986.

The Collected Poems: Volume II: 1939-1962. Ed. Christopher MacGowan. New York: New Directions, 1988.

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Biography

Neil Baldwin. To All Gentleness: William Carlos Williams, the Doctor-Poet. New York: Atheneum, 1984.

Paul Mariani. William Carlos Williams: A New World Naked. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1981.

Reed Whittemore. William Carlos Williams: Poet from Jersey. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975.

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Selected Criticism

Steven Gould Axelrod and Helen Deese, ed. Critical Essays on William Carlos Williams. New York: G. K. Hall, 1995.

Bruce Bawer. "The Poetic Legacy of William Carlos Williams." In Prophets & Professors. Brownsville, OR: Story Line, 1995. An overview of Williams' work and influence; its often harsh judgments provide a useful counterbalance to the adulation that sometimes marks Williams studies.

James E. Breslin. William Carlos Williams: An American Artist. New York: Oxford University Press, 1970.

Jerome Mazzaro. William Carlos Williams: The Later Poetry. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1973.

Rod Townley. The Early Poetry of William Carlos Williams. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1975.

Mike Weaver. William Carlos Williams: The American Background. Cambridge University Press, 1971.

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