Stevens and the Interpersonal

by Mark Halliday

Book Overview

With Wallace Stevens emerging as a father figure for American poetry of the late twentieth century, Mark Halliday argues that it is time for this "poet of ideas" to undergo an ethical critique. In this bold, accessible reconsideration of Stevens' work, he insists on the importance of interpersonal relations in any account of human life in the modern world. Although Stevens outwardly denies aspects of life that center on such relations as those...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691605246
• ISBN13: 9780691605241
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"