Wallace Stevens is een zeldzaam voorbeeld van een dichter wiens belangrijkste werk op vrij hoge leeftijd tot stand kwam. Zijn eerste grote publicatie werd geschreven toen hij vijfendertig was, hoewel hij als student al poëzie schreef. Veel van zijn canonieke werken werden pas lang na zijn vijftigste verjaardag geschreven. Volgens literatuurcriticus Harold Bloom, die Stevens de 'beste en meest representatieve' Amerikaanse dichter van zijn tijd noemde, heeft geen enkele westerse schrijver sinds Sophocles zo'n late bloei van artistiek genie gekend.
Wallace Stevens' unique voice combined meditative speculation and what he called the "essential gaudiness of poetry" in a body of work of astonishing profusion and exuberance. Now, for the first time, the works of America's supreme poet of the imagination are collected in one authoritative volume.
This collection includes poems on someone sympathetic, magnanimous, both brightly and deeply intelligent and the book lets the poems see, feel and think with equal success.
An essential book for all readers of poetry, and the definitive collection from the man Harold Bloom has called “the best and most representative American poet." Originally published in 1954 to honor Stevens’s seventy-fifth birthday, the book was rushed into print for the occasion and contained scores of errors. These have now been corrected in one place for the first time by Stevens scholars John N. Serio and Christopher Beyers, based on original editions and manuscripts. The Collected Poems is the one volume that Stevens intended to contain all the poems he wished to preserve, presented in the way he wanted. It is an enduring monument to his dazzling achievement.
This palm-sized edition presents a unique collection of late poems from a highly regarded American poet, celebrated by Harold Bloom as one of the best representatives of the genre. It serves as an excellent introduction to the poet's work, making it a perfect keepsake for both new readers and long-time fans.
This new selection of an acclaimed poet's work showcases his enduring contribution to the literary world after nearly twenty years. The collection promises to engage readers with its ability to puzzle, fascinate, and delight, reaffirming the poet's significant impact on contemporary poetry.
Teprve posmrtně vydané sentence a aforismy vůdčího představitele amerického literárního modernismu o údělu básníka, imaginaci a skutečnosti odhalují onen nesnadný úkol, který si tento pozoruhodný lyrik vytkl: obhájit úlohu básnického slova jako nejryzejšího názoru na tento svět.
Verše básníka, jenž dovede vykouzlit z nejprozaičtějších životních jevů mnohotvátné představy. Autor vládne množstvím výrazových prostředků, jeho básnická fantazie nemá hranic, bohaté životní zkušenosti ho obdařují jasnozřivostí, s níž filozofuje o životě a smrti.
