A Reader's Guide to Wallace Stevens

by Eleanor Cook

Book Overview

Wallace Stevens is one of the major poets of the twentieth century, and also among the most challenging. His poems can be dazzling in their verbal brilliance. They are often shot through with lavish imagery and wit, informed by a lawyer's logic, and disarmingly unexpected: a singing jackrabbit, the seductive Nanzia Nunzio. They also spoke--and still speak--to contemporary concerns. Though his work is popular and his readership continues to grow,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691141088
• ISBN13: 9780691141084
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"