The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry is an anthology of two volumes edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann (1918–1987), and Robert O'Clair. The anthology is large, with 1,100 pages in each of the two volumes. Volume I, about modern poetry, and Volume II, contemporary poetry. Essays on poetics are included in each volume. Published by W.W. Norton & Co., the anthology has gone through three editions, the latest published in 2003. The three editors are academics or former academics: Jahan Ramazani is at the University of Virginia; Richard Ellmann, late of Oxford University and Emory University; Robert O'Clair, late of Manhattanville College.

Volume I: Modern Poetry

These poets are represented in the volume (listed chronologically by birth date, as in the book):

Prose on poetics

Volume II: Contemporary Poetry

These poets have work in the volume (listed chronologically by birth date, as in the book):

Prose on poetics

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