Two of Oxford's most comprehensive collections, the second edition of Anthology of Modern American Poetry and Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry, are now available as an economical two-volume package. Ranging from the poetic era of Walt Whitman to Sherman Alexie, this extensive compilation contains 1,100 poems by 236 poets, including many who have not been anthologized before. Editor Cary Nelson introduces students to both canonical and lesser-known selections by women, minority, and progressive writers only rediscovered in the past two decades. In addition to offering the most detailed annotations available in an anthology of this type, this is also the first two-volume collection to give full treatment to American long poems and poem sequences, including T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land," Gertrude Stein's "Patriarchal Poetry," William Carlos Williams's "The Descent of Winter," and many more.

Ideal for courses in Modern Poetry, American Poetry, and Introduction to Poetry, these two volumes introduce students to a diverse selection of vital poetry. Each volume presents both canonical and lesser-known selections, including the work of many poets who have not been anthologized before.