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The transparent lyric : reading and meaning in the poetry of Stevens and Williams / David Walker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walker, David, 1950 September 14- author.
- Series:
- Princeton Legacy Library ; 513
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American poetry--20th century--History and criticism.
- American poetry.
- Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955--Criticism and interpretation.
- Stevens, Wallace.
- Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963--Criticism and interpretation.
- Williams, William Carlos.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 pages)
- Edition:
- Course Book
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1984]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Through close readings of poems from the entire range of both poets' careers, the author reveals the pivotal role of Stevens and Williams in the shift from modernism to postmodernism.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1. The Transparent Lyric
- 2. The Theater and the Book
- 3. The Motive for Metaphor 4 The Nothing That Is
- 4. The Nothing That Is
- 5. Machines Made of Words
- 6. Only the Dance
- Postscript
- Notes
- Index
- Backmatter
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691612508
- 0691612501
- 9780691640426
- 0691640424
- 9781400857333
- 1400857333
- OCLC:
- 889251170
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