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| Name: |
Wallace Stevens | | Birth Date: |
October 2, 1879 | | Death Date: |
August 2, 1955 | | Place of Birth: |
Reading, Pennsylvania, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
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poet |
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 Biography of Wallace Stevens
16,258 words, approx. 54 pages
 In "Of Modern Poetry," a poem first published in 1942, Wallace Stevens sets forth the dilemma of the poet in the modern world: The poem of the mind in the act of findingWhat will suffice. It has not always hadTo find: the scene was set; it repeated... summary from source:
 Biography of Wallace Stevens
14,661 words, approx. 49 pages
In "Of Modern Poetry," a poem first published in 1942, Wallace Stevens sets forth the dilemma of the poet in the modern world: The poem of the mind in the act of finding What will suffice. It has not always had To find: the scene was set; it repeated... summary from source:
Biography of Wallace Stevens
1,769 words, approx. 6 pages
American poet Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) was a virtuoso of language, a master of rhyme and verbal music, of gay and thoughtful rhythms, and of precise and exotic diction. Wallace Stevens was a successful lawyer and businessman, as well as an important... 
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 Wallace Stevens Quotes
10,435 words, approx. 35 pages
 Wallace Stevens ( 2 October 1879 - 2 August 1955 ) was an American poet and businessman. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Peter Quince at the Clavier (1915) 1.2 Harmonium (1923) 1.3 Ideas of Order (1936) 1.4 The Man With the Blue Guitar (1937) 1.5 Notes Toward a...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Stevens, Wallace
162 words, approx. 1 pages(born Oct. 2, 1879, Reading, Pa., U.S.—died Aug. 2, 1955, Hartford, Conn.) U.S. poet. Stevens practiced law in New York City before joining an insurance firm in Hartford in 1916; he rose to vice president, a position he held until his death. His... summary from source:
 Wallace Stevens Information
3,871 words, approx. 13 pages
Wallace Stevens (October 2, 1879 – August 2, 1955) was a major American Modernist poet. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, and spent most of his adult life working for an insurance company in Connecticut. His best-known poems include "Anecdote of...
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 Twentieth Century Literature Wallace Stevens in Connecticut.
06/22/1993: 5,732 words, approx. 19 pages An examination of the influence of place on the poetry of Wallace Stevens is presented. Stevens fuses reality and imagination in his use of the Connecticut landscape as aesthetic inspiration. However, the landscape prompts shades and atmosphere rather than elaborate description. For example, the... summary from source:
The Southern Review Wallace Stevens and the seasons.
06/22/1997: 9,548 words, approx. 32 pages Wallace Stevens is an outstanding poet of the seasons, as he imbues the yearly round with personal significance. The seasons become an important part of the poet's imaginative and affective life. For Stevens, winter represents a time of annihilation, regarded as essential for clarification... summary from source:
 AP News Immigrant Simic to be U.S. poet laureate
8/2/2007: 508 words, approx. 2 pagesPulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic, who learned English as a teenage immigrant, will be the new U.S. poet laureate, the Library of Congress announced Thursday.Simic, who lives in Strafford, will replace another New Hampshire poet, Donald Hall of Wilmot, the poet laureate program, which promotes... summary from source:
AP News Today in history - Jan. 27
1/27/2008: 552 words, approx. 2 pagesToday is Sunday, Jan. 27, the 27th day of 2008. There are 339 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 27, 1967, astronauts Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire during a test aboard...
Literary Criticism
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 Harold Bloom
4,526 words, approx. 15 pages
In the following essay, Bloom selects a representative poem from both Wallace Stevens and W. B. Yeats in order to contrast American and British poetic conceptions of death, and observes that the former is generally more solipsistic than the latter.
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