The whole harmonium : the life of Wallace Stevens / Paul Mariani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mariani, Paul L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955.

Stevens, Wallace.

Poets, American--20th century--Biography.

Poets, American.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

481 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016.

Summary:

"A perceptive, insightful biography of perhaps the most important American poet of the twentieth century, Wallace Stevens, by an accomplished biographer and poet who traces Stevens's lifelong artistic quest"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The heaven of an old home: 1879-1897

Harvard: 1897-1900

Starting out: 1900-1903

Two versions of the American sublime: 1903-1906

Wing{grave}ed victory: 1907-1913

An explosion in a shingle factory: 1913-1916

The eye of the blackbird: 1916-1918

Hartford on the harmonium: 1919-1921

The comedian as the letter C: 1921-1923

A baby among us: 1923-1934

The idea of order at Key West: 1934-1936

The man with the blue guitar: 1936-1937

The noble rider and the sound of words: 1938-1941

The son restores the father: 1941-1945

Farewell to an idea: 1944-1947

The eye's plain version: 1948-1949

The obscurity of an order: 1950-1951

A new knowledge of reality: 1952-1954

A final seriousness: 1954-1955.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [415]-460) and index.

ISBN:

9781451624373

1451624379

OCLC:

913572947

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