Wallace Stevens and the symbolist imagination /

Michel Benamou's essays have established his reputation as a critical interpreter of Stevens' relation to the French poetic tradition. Mr. Benamou has now collected these essays in one volume, revising and expanding them, and has added a general introduction. He discusses, in turn, Stevens...

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Main Authors: Benamou, Michel
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Published: Princeton University Press,
Publisher Address: Princeton, N.J. :
Publication Dates: [2015]
©2015
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400867233
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Summary: Michel Benamou's essays have established his reputation as a critical interpreter of Stevens' relation to the French poetic tradition. Mr. Benamou has now collected these essays in one volume, revising and expanding them, and has added a general introduction. He discusses, in turn, Stevens' affinities with and differences from Baudelaire, Laforgue, Mallarme, Apollinaire, the Impressionists, and the Cubists.Originally published in 1972.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 paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback 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.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(184pages) : illustrations
ISBN: 9781400867233
Index Number: PS3537
CLC: I712.072
Contents: Frontmatter --
Acknowledgments --
Contents --
Abbreviations --
Introduction --
1. Poetry and Painting --
2. Jules Laforgue --
3. Baudelaire and Mallarme --
4. Apollinaire --
5. Poetry and Alchemy --
Appendix --
Index of Names --
Index of Poems.