Wallace Stevens is considered by many readers to be the supreme poet of twentieth-century America, his unique voice blending meditative reflection with what he called 'the essential gaudiness of poetry,' in a body of work of remarkable abundance and vitality.

The Selected Poems was assembled by the poet at the request of Faber & Faber in 1953, shortly before his passing, and was meant to represent the breadth of his achievement, from the whimsical and exotic lyrical innovations of Harmonium to the thoughtfully composed, large-scale masterpieces of his middle years.

Pages: 144, Dimensions: 13x13cm