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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Cambridge Univ Pr
Publication date
September 1, 1985
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780521301268
ISBN-10
0521301262
Availability§
Out of Print
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$49.95
Other format details
university press
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Wallace Stevens is a fascinating and enigmatic poet; the vice-president of an insurance company, a corporate lawyer, an expert on the bond market, and, almost incidentally, one of America's greatest poets. Despite the many books written about him, Stevens remains a difficult poet, whose notorious injunction - 'Poetry must resist the intelligence almost successfully' - seems to haunt all his work, and especially the long poems. This study presents a close reading of Stevens' seven longest poems: 'The Comedian as the letter C', 'Owl's Clover', 'The Man with the Blue Guitar', 'Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction', 'Esthétique du Mal', 'The Auroras of Autumn' and 'An Ordinary Evening in New Haven'. Dr Patke argues for the centrality of the long poem in Stevens' oeuvre, and of Stevens to the poetic and cultural heritage of modern times. Extensive reference is made to the shorter poems, prose and correspondence, and to the possible influences on the poetry. Critical jargon and theorising are kept at a minimum so that the pleasures of Stevens' poetic world can be made accessible to as wide a range of readers as possible.
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Hardcover
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from Cambridge Univ Pr (September 1, 1985)
9780521301268 | details & prices | List price $49.95
About: Wallace Stevens is a fascinating and enigmatic poet; the vice-president of an insurance company, a corporate lawyer, an expert on the bond market, and, almost incidentally, one of America's greatest poets.
About: Wallace Stevens is a fascinating and enigmatic poet; the vice-president of an insurance company, a corporate lawyer, an expert on the bond market, and, almost incidentally, one of America's greatest poets.
Paperback
1 edition from Cambridge Univ Pr (July 2, 2009)
9780521115131 | details & prices | 280 pages | List price $44.99
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