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Overview"Originally published in 1966. Stevens' Poetry of Thought is the first full-length study of Wallace Stevens as a thinker. With original insight, Mr. Doggett provides many detailed interpretations of individual poems in examining Steven's imagery. This is a pertinent treatment of Stevens' inherent affinity with the philosophic imagination of his time, showing how firmly this poet was linked through his images with the leading thinkers of the age just passed—especially Schopenhauer, Bergson, Santayana, Whitehead, William James, Jung, and Cassirer. The clear and perceptive reading of a great many of the poems in this book should illuminate the work of Stevens for all the readers who admire his language and wish for further insight into its significance. Beyond being a definitive exposition of Steven' poetry and a meaningful act of faith in the intellectual sophistication of Stevens, this is an exciting study of the human imagination which satisfies the need for distinction between poetry and philosophy while illuminating one by the other. Mr. Doggett demonstrates how the poetry of Stevens is a representative voice of the ideas of his age and illustrates Stevens own statement: ""Poets and philosophers often think alike, as we shall see."" Wallace Stevens is now recognized as one of the most important American poets of the twentieth century. His first volume of poems, Harmonium was published in 1923, and since then seven volumes of his work have appeared. He was awarded the Bollingen Prize in Poetry of the Yale University Library for 1949. In 1951 he won the National Book Award in Poetry for The Auroras of Autumn. The Collected Works of Wallace Stevens was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 1955. From 1916 to his death in 1955 he was associated with the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, of which he became vice-president in 1934." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Frank DoggettPublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Weight: 0.327kg ISBN: 9781421437002ISBN 10: 1421437007 Pages: 242 Publication Date: 30 March 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1. The Poet of Earth Chapter 2. Our Nature Is Her Nature Chapter 3. Variations on a Nude Chapter 4. The River That Flows Nowhere Chapter 5. You and the Shapes You Take Chapter 6. This Invented World Chapter 7. The Amorist Adjective Aflame Chapter 8. The Mind in Root Chapter 9. Sun, Moon, Day, Night, Music, and Rock Chapter 10. The Poetry of Thought Index of Poems Index of Names and TitlesReviewsAuthor InformationFrank Doggett's articles have been published in such journals as Sewanee Review, ELH, College English and The Chicago Review. He was one of the contributors to The Act of the Mind: Essays on the Poetry of Stevens published by The Johns Hopkins Press in 1965. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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