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The Resource Wallace Stevens : a mythology of self, Milton J. Bates

Wallace Stevens : a mythology of self, Milton J. Bates

Label
Wallace Stevens : a mythology of self
Title
Wallace Stevens
Title remainder
a mythology of self
Statement of responsibility
Milton J. Bates
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
In this study of the life and works of Wallace Stevens, Bates sets out to show how one poet transcended biography by transforming it into fables of identity. He presents a fascinating and persuasive account of Stevens's inner life -- the life he lived through his poetry. He examines the significant biographical influences on the poet's work: his relationship with his parents and wife, the ambience of Harvard College at the turn of the century, the New York avant-garde that flourished during World War I, political pressure from the Left during the '30s, his reading of Nietzsche and genealogical research in the '40s, and his late accommodation with traditional religious belief. Bates makes the poet seem not an isolated figure but part of a rich environment that includes politics, business and aesthetic speculation
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Bates, Milton J
Dewey number
  • 811/.52
  • B
Government publication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
PS3537.T4753
LC item number
Z592 1985
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Stevens, Wallace
  • Self in literature
  • Poets, American
Label
Wallace Stevens : a mythology of self, Milton J. Bates
Instantiates
Publication
Bar code
31223015074694
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Selecting one's parents -- The woman won, the woman lost -- Burgher, fop, and clown -- Pure poet -- Restatement of romance -- Supreme fiction and medium man -- Major man -- The intensest rendezvous
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
xiii, 319 p.
Isbn
9780520049093
Lccn
84008468
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
ill.
System control number
  • 10753823
  • r00c01
Label
Wallace Stevens : a mythology of self, Milton J. Bates
Publication
Bar code
31223015074694
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Selecting one's parents -- The woman won, the woman lost -- Burgher, fop, and clown -- Pure poet -- Restatement of romance -- Supreme fiction and medium man -- Major man -- The intensest rendezvous
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
xiii, 319 p.
Isbn
9780520049093
Lccn
84008468
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
ill.
System control number
  • 10753823
  • r00c01

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