This anthology serves as an introduction to Robinson Jeffers' work for the general reader and for students in courses on American poetry. Jeffers composed each volume of his verse around one or twolong narrative or dramatic poems.

"For too many decades Jeffers has been the forgotten giant of American poetry. The Wild God of the World gathers his best and most central work. For those who would discover Jeffers, the intense beauty of his poems of the California coast; the reach of his meditations on history, science, and God; and the lyricism of his personal poems, this is the place to start--and a place to return again and again." --Tim Hunt, Washington State University
> --Robert Hass, University of California, Berkeley