Modern American Poetry

"Modern American Poetry" is a collection by the poet and historian Louis Untermeyer. In the book, Untermeyer presents a collection of poems from over 80 authors beginning with Walt Whitman and ending on Muriel Rukeyser. The poetry is presented in order of their lifetimes. Therefore, this collection reflects the evolution of moods, trends, and styles in the period between 1840-1942. This period includes varied poetry from the likes of Elinor Wylie, Wallace Stevens, Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, Vachel Lindsay, Conrad Aiken, T.S. Eliot, Archibald MacLeish, Emily Dickinson.