Wallace Stevens in context

This book aims to provide an in-depth introduction to the multifaceted life and times of Wallace Stevens, who is generally considered one of the great twentieth-century American poets. In thirty-six short essays, an international team of distinguished scholars have created a comprehensive overview of Stevens' life and the world of his poetry. Individual chapters relate Stevens to important contexts such as the large Western movements of romanticism and modernism; particular American and European philosophical traditions; contemporary and later poets; the professional realms of law and insurance; the parallel art forms of painting, music, and theater; his publication history, critical reception, and his international reputation. Other chapters address topics of current interest such as war, politics, religion, race and the feminine. Informed by the latest developments in the field, but written in clear, jargon-free prose, Wallace Stevens in Context is an indispensable introduction to this great modern poet.

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Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Part I Places -- 1 Reading, Pennsylvania -- 2 Cambridge, Massachusetts -- 3 New York, New York -- 4 Hartford, Connecticut -- 5 Florida -- 6 France -- 7 The Orient -- Part II Natural Contexts -- 8 The Seasons -- 9 Landscape -- Part III Literary Contexts -- 10 Romanticism -- 11 Modernism -- 12 Poetic Contemporaries -- 13 Later Poets -- 14 Stevens's Library -- 15 Stevens's Letters, Notebooks, and Journals -- 16 Stevens's Essays -- 17 Periodicals -- 18 Critical Reception -- 19 International Reputation -- Part IV Other Arts -- 20 The Visual Arts -- 21 Music -- 22 Theater -- Part V Intellectual Contexts -- 23 American Philosophy -- 24 European Philosophy -- 25 Aesthetics -- 26 Abstraction -- Part VI Social, Cultural, and Political Contexts -- 27 War -- 28 Politics -- 29 Religion -- 30 Race -- 31 Law -- 32 Insurance -- 33 The Exotic -- 34 The Everyday -- 35 The (Inter)personal -- 36 The Feminine -- Further Reading -- Index.