| Wallace Stevens and the Aesthetics of Abstraction Contributor(s): Ragg, Edward (Author) |
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ISBN: 052119086X ISBN-13: 9780521190862 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.52 |
| LCCN: 2010014635 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.10 lbs) 262 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Edward Ragg's study is the first to examine the role of abstraction throughout the work of Wallace Stevens. By tracing the poet's interest in abstraction from Harmonium through to his later works, Ragg argues that Stevens only fully appreciated and refined this interest within his later career. Ragg's detailed close-readings highlight the poet's absorption of late nineteenth century and early twentieth century painting, as well as the examples of philosophers and other poets' work. Wallace Stevens and the Aesthetics of Abstraction will appeal to those studying Stevens as well as anyone interested in the relations between poetry and painting. This valuable study embraces revealing philosophical and artistic perspectives, analyzing Stevens' place within and resistance to Modernist debates concerning literature, painting, representation and 'the imagination'. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ragg, Edward: - Edward Ragg is Associate Professor of English at Tsinghua University, Beijing. He is also a poet, wine writer and co-editor of Wallace Stevens across the Atlantic (2008). |
