The Collected Poems
This definitive poetry collection, originally published in 1954 to honor Stevens on his 75th birthday, contains:- "Harmonium"- "Ideas of Order"- "The Man With the Blue Guitar"- "Parts of the World"- "Transport Summer"- "The Auroras of Autumn"- "The Rock"
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This definitive poetry collection, originally published in 1954 to honor Stevens on his 75th birthday, contains:- "Harmonium"- "Ideas of Order"- "The Man With the Blue Guitar"- "Parts of the World"- "Transport Summer"- "The Auroras of Autumn"- "The Rock"
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780679726692 (0679726691)
ASIN: 679726691
Publish date: February 19th 1990
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 560
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
Literature,
American,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Anthologies,
Philosophy,
Collections,
College,
Modern,
Poetry
What does it even mean to say I have read a book of poems? Where is the boundary between being able to say "I have read them" and "I am reading them"? How long should the book rest on a table before passing from "I am reading" to "I have read"? Is my entire collection of poetry a pile of inert pape...
For Easter. A friend told me this is maybe the best poem in the English language, quoting bits of it as we were driving along. Had to look it up. Here it is.Wallace Stevens (1879-1955)Sunday Morning 1Complacencies of the peignoir, and lateCoffee and oranges in a sunny chair,And the green freedom ...
14 years ago
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