The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens (The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature)

467, [1] pp. Full red leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Includes frontispiece portrait of Wallace Stevens by David Hockney. "The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens is the definitive collection from the man Harold Bloom has called 'the best and most representative American poet.' Originally published in 1954 to honor Stevens's seventy-fifth birthday... The Collected Poems is the one volume that Stevens intended to contain all the poems he wished to preserve, presented in the way he wanted. An essential collection for all readers of poetry, it is an enduring monument to his dazzling achievement."