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Carl Sandburg - 1950

The definitive edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning collection.

“A marvelous prosody, a perfect ear for the beautiful potentials of common speech, something he learned from folk song, but mostly he learned from just listening” (Kenneth Rexroth).

The Bean Eaters

Gwendolyn Brooks - 1950

Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1950

The Wordsworth Poetry Library comprises the works of the greatest English-speaking poets, as well as many lesser-known poets.

Each collection has a specially commissioned introduction.

Selected Writings

Paul Valéry - 1950

It begins with the poetry (French and English en face), including such masterpieces as "Le Cimetiere Marin" and portions of "La Jeune Parque"; then ranges through Valéry's work in fields as various as architecture, logic, the dance, literature, philosophy, and painting.

It concludes with excerpts from his creative writings such as Monsieur Teste and the drama Mon Faust.The list of translators for this volume is distinguished. Among them are Lionel Abel, Léonie Adams, Malcolm Cowly, James Kirkup, C. Day Lewis, Jackson Mathews, Louise Varese, and Vernon Watkins.