Poetry, Word-Play, and Word-War in Wallace Stevens

Hardback

Main Details

Title Poetry, Word-Play, and Word-War in Wallace Stevens
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Eleanor Cook
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:342
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreLiterary studies - from c 1900 -
Literary studies - poetry and poets
ISBN/Barcode 9780691636191
ClassificationsDewey:811.52
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 19 April 2016
Publication Country United States

Description

In the first full-length study of Wallace Stevens's word-play, Eleanor Cook focuses on Stevens's skillful play with grammar, etymology, allusion, and other elements of poetry, and suggests ways in which this play offers a method of approaching his work. At the same time, this book is a general study of Stevens's poetry, moving from his earliest to