Charles Altieri, one of our foremost analysts of modernism, has in his recent work argued for the importance of the affects, which philosophy has too long subordinated to cognition and ethics. In Wallace Stevens and the Demands of Modernity, Altieri focuses his attention on modernist poetry, especia[...]
Charles Altieri, one of our foremost analysts of modernism, has in his recent work argued for the importance of the affects, which philosophy has too long subordinated to cognition and ethics. In Wallace Stevens and the Demands of Modernity, Altieri focuses his attention on modernist poetry, especia[...]
Wallace Stevens dedicated his poetry to challenging traditional notions about reality, truth, knowledge, and the role of language as a means of representation. Rosu demonstrates that Stevens's experimentation with sound is not only essential to his poetics but also profoundly linked to the pragmatis[...]
The letter from Jose Rodriguez Feo that prompted Stevens's poem was the third in a ten-year correspondence (1944-54) between the poet and the young Cuban, who quickly became Stevens's "most exciting correspondent." The two shared a Harvard education, both were anxious to see Stevens translated for a[...]
A perceptive, enlightening biography of one the most important American poets of the twentieth century Wallace Stevens as seen through his lifelong quest to find and describe the sublime in the human experience.
Wallace Stevens lived a richly imaginative life that found expression in his poetry.[...]
As the figure of Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) becomes so entrenched in the Modernist canon that he serves as a major reference point for poets and critics alike, the time has come to investigate poetry and poetics after him. The ambiguity of the preposition is intentional: while after may refer neutr[...]
This polemical work by Tim Morris re-examines Stevens' major longer poems and attempts to provide fresh ground for a poet notoriously well-attended in the world of criticism. With close readings of key works, detailed investigation of Stevens' manuscripts and new analysis in light of recent critical[...]
This revisionary study of Wallace Stevens queries the dominant interpretations of the poet's career.
This book is devoted to investigating the relationships and correspondences that hold between the poetry of Wallace Stevens and philosophy. Stevens used the aesthetically enhanced language of his poems to create inquiries into the nature of reality that parallel those conducted by philosophers. He a[...]
Mannen med den blå gitarren är en svit om 33 dikter, eller kanske snarare en lång dikt i 33 avdelningar. Den har inspirerats av Picassos berömda tavla och utgör en av höjdpunkterna i den amerikanske poeten Wallace Stevens (1879?1955) produktion och därmed i den moderna poesin över huvud tage[...]
Klassiker. Dikter i urval och tolkning av Lars Nyström. Med en dikt till Stevens av Folke Isaksson, samt efterord av Ingemar Algulin. 96 s.[...]
Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) blev 1900-talets mest omskrivne poet i USA. Denna utgåva innehåller många korta och ett antal långa dikter ur alla hans diktsamlingar. Från debuten med "Harmonium" vid 43 års ålder till det sista diktverket "The Rock", som utgavs dagen innan han fyllde 75 år, i "C[...]