Bibliograph

Type

Label

The whole harmonium, the life of Wallace Stevens, Paul Mariani

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The whole harmonium

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

913572947

Responsibility statement

Paul Mariani

Sub title

the life of Wallace Stevens

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

Table Of Contents

The Heaven of an Old Home: 1879-1897 -- Harvard: 1897-1900 -- New York: Starting Out: 1900-1903 -- Two Versions of the American Sublime: 1903-1906 -- Wingèd Victory: 1907-1913 -- An Explosion in a Shingle Factory: 1913-1916 -- Yhe 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 -- Ideas 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

resource.variantTitle

Lfe of Wallace Stevens

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Creator