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Author:

Mariani, Paul L.

Title:

The whole harmonium : the life of Wallace Stevens / Paul Mariani.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

481 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Stevens, Wallace,--1879-1955.
Poets, American--20th century--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

ISBN:

1451624379 ()
9781451624373 (hardback)

LCCN:

2015020110

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)