Wallace Stevens : poetry, philosophy, and figurative language / Kacper Bartczak and Jakub Mácha (eds.).

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Bartczak, Kacper, editor.

Mácha, Jakub, editor.

Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Philosophy of Language and Linguistics.

Series:

Studies in philosophy of language and linguistics ; 13.

Studies in philosophy of language and linguistics ; Vol. 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955.

Philosophy in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955--Criticism and interpretation--Congresses.

Stevens, Wallace.

Philosophy in literature--Congresses.

Language and languages--Philosophy--Congresses.

Language and languages.

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

183 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York, NY : Peter Lang, [2018]

Summary:

"This book is devoted to investigating the relationships and correspondences that hold between the poetry of Wallace Stevens and philosophy. Stevens used the aesthetically enhanced language of his poems to create inquiries into the nature of reality that parallel those conducted by philosophers. He also maintained poetry's independence from philosophy. The first part of the book contains contributions that pursue various aspects of these parallels. Here, the authors explore the relations between Stevens' poems and specific philosophical concepts or the thought of individual philosophers. The contributions in the second part narrow down the scope to the issues within the philosophy of language. This section concentrates on the role of metaphor and figurativeness in Stevens' poetry"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Wallace Stevens: poetry, philosophy and figurative language: one reason the poetry of Wallace Stevens matters today / Charles Altieri

"They will get it straight one day at the Sorbonne": Wallace Stevens's intimidating thesis / Wit Pietrzak

The kinship of poetry and philosophy: reflections on W. Stevens and P. Weiss / Karl-Friedrich Kiesow

Reality is not a solid: poetic transfigurations of Stevens' fluid concept of reality / Jakub Mácha

Au pays de la métaphore: Wallace Stevens and interaction theory / Chris Genovesi

Resemblance and identity in Wallace Stevens' conception of metaphor / Richmond Kwesi

Metaphor as that which makes us see / OndrÌŒej Beran

Wallace Stevens's spirituality of the metaphorical inhabitation of the world / Kacper Bartczak.

Notes:

"Most papers in this volume were originally presented at a special session of the conference PhiLang 2017, which took place at the University of Łódź on May 12-14, 2017. The conference was organized by the Department of English and General Linguistics, in the Institute of English Studies at the University of Łódź"-- Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

ISBN:

9783631769515

3631769512

OCLC:

1078971857

Publisher Number:

99982730887