Wallace Stevens
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"The act of editing a review is a creative act and, in general, the power of literature is that in describing the world it creates what it describes.
May 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
"The act of editing a review is a creative act and, in general, the power of literature is that in describing the world it creates what it describes.
Certain Phenomena of Sound (1947)
April 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Certain Phenomena of Sound (1947)
Certain Phenomena of Sound (1947)
April 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Certain Phenomena of Sound (1947)
To an Old Philosopher in Rome (1952)
January 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
To an Old Philosopher in Rome (1952)
Excerpt of a letter from Stevens to Barbara Church (1948)
December 1, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Excerpt of a letter from Stevens to Barbara Church (1948)
The poet seems to confer his identity on the reader. It is easiest to recognize this when listening to music — I mean this sort of thing: the transference. (Adagia, 901)
October 2, 2024 at 11:38 AM
The poet seems to confer his identity on the reader. It is easiest to recognize this when listening to music — I mean this sort of thing: the transference. (Adagia, 901)
The final belief is to believe in a fiction, which you know to be a fiction, there being nothing else. The exquisite truth is to know that it is a fiction and that you believe in it willingly. (Adagia, 903)
October 2, 2024 at 1:35 AM
The final belief is to believe in a fiction, which you know to be a fiction, there being nothing else. The exquisite truth is to know that it is a fiction and that you believe in it willingly. (Adagia, 903)
Wine and music are not good until afternoon. But poetry is like prayer in that it is most effective in solitude and in the times of solitude as, for example, in the earliest morning. (Adagia, 903)
October 2, 2024 at 1:25 AM
Wine and music are not good until afternoon. But poetry is like prayer in that it is most effective in solitude and in the times of solitude as, for example, in the earliest morning. (Adagia, 903)
The Man with the Blue Guitar (1937), section XXXII
September 30, 2024 at 11:08 PM
The Man with the Blue Guitar (1937), section XXXII
"Re-statement of Romance", originally published in The New Republic, 1935.
September 28, 2024 at 7:39 PM
"Re-statement of Romance", originally published in The New Republic, 1935.
Letter from Wallace Stevens to his daughter, Holly Stevens, who was planning to drop out of college. (Letters 425-6, 1942)
September 28, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Letter from Wallace Stevens to his daughter, Holly Stevens, who was planning to drop out of college. (Letters 425-6, 1942)
The Man with the Blue Guitar (1937), section XXII
September 27, 2024 at 2:13 AM
The Man with the Blue Guitar (1937), section XXII
"Analysis of a Theme", View Magazine, 5 (Oct. 1945)
September 19, 2024 at 6:33 PM
"Analysis of a Theme", View Magazine, 5 (Oct. 1945)
'Mozart, 1935', published in Ideas of Order (1936)
September 16, 2024 at 12:35 PM
'Mozart, 1935', published in Ideas of Order (1936)
