Wallace Stevens in context /

"Wallace Stevens is generally considered one of the great twentieth century American poets. This book aims to provide an in-depth introduction to the multifaceted life and times of Wallace Stevens. In thirty-six short essays, an international team of distinguished scholars have created a compre...

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Other Authors: MacLeod, Glen G. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Places. Reading, Pennsylvania / Paul Mariani ; Cambridge, Massachusetts / Milton J. Bates ; New York, New York / Paul Mariani ; Hartford, Connecticut / John N. Serio ; Florida / Mark Scroggins ; France / Juliette Utard ; The Orient / Edward Ragg
  • Part II. Natural contexts. The seasons / George S. Lensing ; Landscape / Justin Quinn
  • Part III. Literary contexts. Romanticism / Charles Mahoney ; Modernism / Langdon Hammer ; Poetic contemporaries / Lee M. Jenkins ; Later poets / Al Filreis ; Stevens's library / Chris Beyers ; Stevens's letters, notebooks, and journals / Milton J. Bates ; Stevens's essays / William Doreski ; Periodicals / Craig Monk ; Critical reception / John Timberman Newcomb ; International reputation / Bart Eeckhout
  • Part IV. Other arts. The visual arts / Glen MacLeod ; Music / Lisa Goldfarb ; Theater / Brenda Murphy
  • Part V. Intellectual contexts. American philosophy / Rachel Malkin ; European philosophy / Krzysztof Ziarek ; Aesthetics / Charles Altieri ; Abstraction / Edward Ragg
  • Part VI : Social, cultural, and political contexts. War / Charles Berger ; Politics / Patrick Redding ; Religion / Tony Sharpe ; Race / Rachel Galvin ; Law / Lawrence Joseph ; Insurance / Jason Puskar ; The exotic / Stephen Burt ; The everyday / Andrew Epstein ; The (inter)personal / Roger Gilbert ; The feminine / Lisa M. Steinman.