Wallace Stevens by Adalaide Kirby Morris

Wallace Stevens by Adalaide Kirby Morris

The search for a substitute for religion, Adalaide Kirby Morris argues, occupies Stevens' poetic energy from his earliest to his latest work. It emerges in his patterns of speech, in his symbols, and in his poetic forms; it encompasses a critique of Christianity, often wryly humorous and sometimes bitterly satiric; and it results in a theory of poetry that becomes a mystical theology. At the center of this mystical theology, the author finds, is the conviction that God and the imagination arc one. The study concludes that poetry provides for Stevens a sanction, a solace, a form of order, a source of delight, and a means of redemption through which men arc saved, and natural fact is transformed into divine force. Originally published in 1974. 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.

Morris, Adalaide: - Adalaide Morris is professor of English and chair of the English department at the University of Iowa.

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ISBN 13	9780691618661
ISBN 10	0691618666
Title	Wallace Stevens
Author	Adalaide Kirby Morris
Series	Princeton Essays In Literature
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Princeton University Press
Year published	2015-03-08
Number of pages	220
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