Wallace Stevens est un exemple rare de poète dont l'œuvre principale est survenue à un âge assez avancé. Sa première publication majeure a été écrite à l'âge de trente-cinq ans, bien qu'il ait écrit de la poésie à l'université. Bon nombre de ses œuvres canoniques ont été écrites bien après ses cinquante ans. Selon le critique littéraire Harold Bloom, qui a qualifié Stevens de poète américain « le meilleur et le plus représentatif » de l'époque, aucun écrivain occidental depuis Sophocle n'a connu une si tardive floraison de génie artistique.
Wallace Stevens' unique voice combined meditative speculation and what he called the "essential gaudiness of poetry" in a body of work of astonishing profusion and exuberance. Now, for the first time, the works of America's supreme poet of the imagination are collected in one authoritative volume.
This selection of works by Wallace Stevens--the man Harold Bloom has called “the best and most representative American poet”--was first published in 1967. Edited by the poet's daughter Holly Stevens, it contains all the major long poems and sequences, and every shorter poem of lasting value in Stevens' career, including some not printed in his earlier Collected Works . Included also is a short play by Stevens, "Bowl, Cat and Broomstick."
This collection includes poems on someone sympathetic, magnanimous, both brightly and deeply intelligent and the book lets the poems see, feel and think with equal success.
An essential book for all readers of poetry, and the definitive collection from the man Harold Bloom has called “the best and most representative American poet." Originally published in 1954 to honor Stevens’s seventy-fifth birthday, the book was rushed into print for the occasion and contained scores of errors. These have now been corrected in one place for the first time by Stevens scholars John N. Serio and Christopher Beyers, based on original editions and manuscripts. The Collected Poems is the one volume that Stevens intended to contain all the poems he wished to preserve, presented in the way he wanted. It is an enduring monument to his dazzling achievement.
This palm-sized edition presents a unique collection of late poems from a highly regarded American poet, celebrated by Harold Bloom as one of the best representatives of the genre. It serves as an excellent introduction to the poet's work, making it a perfect keepsake for both new readers and long-time fans.
This new selection of an acclaimed poet's work showcases his enduring contribution to the literary world after nearly twenty years. The collection promises to engage readers with its ability to puzzle, fascinate, and delight, reaffirming the poet's significant impact on contemporary poetry.
Wallace Stevens is for many readers the supreme poet of twentieth century America, his unique voice combining meditative speculation with what he called 'the essential gaudiness of poetry', in an oeuvre of astonishing profusion and exuberance. The Selected Poems was compiled by the poet at the request of Faber & Faber, in 1953, shortly before his death, and was intended to be representative of the range of his acheievement, from the whimsical and exotic lyrical inventions of Harmonium to the pondered large-scale and crafted masterpieces of his middle years.
The unique design of this book features a double accordion format housed in a beautifully crafted clam shell box made from mahogany and black walnut, adorned with a copper sculpture. It unfolds symmetrically, allowing for varied display options. The illustrations, created by Corinne Jones, combine black chalk drawings with vibrant colors, responding to the accompanying poems. Printed on high-quality Rives BFK paper using hand-set types, this work showcases both artistic and literary craftsmanship, bound meticulously in Texas.
Cap and Gown is a collection of poems by several important American poets of the early 20th century, including Wallace Stevens, John Erskine, and Arthur Davison Ficke. It explores the themes of youth, education, and society in a range of styles and tones, from serious to satirical.
Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) gilt zu Recht als einer der großen Dichter des englischsprachigen Modernismus und muss mit seinen Zeitgenossen Thomas Stearns Eliot, Ezra Pound und Marianne Moore zusammen genannt werden. Die Wirkung der Lyrik und der Gedanklichkeit von Wallace Stevens war und ist immens. Zeitgenossen und später Kommende wurden und werden an ihm gemessen. Unter den Lyrikern sind Elizabeth Bishop, John Ashbery und auch Thomas Lux, neben vielen anderen, zu nennen. Führende amerikanische Literaturkritiker (Harold Bloom, Geoffrey Hartman) entlehnten Teile ihrer Begrifflichkeit dem Werk von Wallace Stevens. In der zweiten Hälfte des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts war die Kenntnis des Stevens'schen "Wörterbuches" geradezu Voraussetzung für das Verständnis postmoderner Literaturtheorien. Wenn der heutige Leser von all dem absieht, und es ist möglich, und sich mit ein paar Gedichten Wallace Stevens' hinsetzt, um langsam, genussvoll und genau zu lesen - in winterlicher oder sommerlicher Geistesverfassung --, so wird er Befriedigung in der Beobachtung seines eigenen Geistes finden, der -- wie Stevens' -- auf der Suche nach dem im Gedicht ist, was genügen könnte: vorbildliche, ästhetisch und klanglich hinreißende, perfekte Lyrik. (Aus der Einleitung)