Charles Tomlinson: Selected Poems, 1955-1997

In the tradition of Wallace Stevens, Charles Tomlinson's SELECTED POEMS--encompassing his work from 1955 to 1997--records the logic of human perception, embodying aspects of both tragedy and possibility. Here is the long-awaited compendium of the work of one of England's contemporary masters and one of this century's great poets.

Registering sense perceptions with remarkable precision -- the response of the poet to the surfaces and depths of things as well as the world of historical necessity -- Tomlinson's poems embody aspects of both tragedy and possibility. In the tradition of Wallace Stevens, they also record the logic of human perception. William Carlos Williams once said, "(Tomlinson's poetry) gives a refreshing rustle or seething to the words which bespeak the entrance of a new life". Finally, here is the long-awaited compendium of the work of one of this century's great poets.