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Wallace Stevens and the aesthetics of abstraction

Ragg, Edward, 1976-

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\"Edward Ragg's study re-considers the role of abstraction in the work of Wallace Stevens. By tracing the poet's interest in abstraction from Harmonium through to his later works, Ragg argues that Stevens only fully appreciated and refined this interest within his later career. Ragg's detailed close-readings highlight the poet's absorption of late nineteenth century and early twentieth century painting, as well as the examples of philosophers and other poets' work. Wallace Stevens and the Aesthetics of Abstraction will appeal to those studying Stevens as well as anyone interested in the relations between poetry and painting. This valuable study embraces revealing philosophical and artistic perspectives, analyzing Stevens' place within and resistance to Modernist debates concerning literature, painting, representation and 'the imagination'\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955 Aesthetics. / Abstraction in literature. / Art and literature.
• ISBN: 9780521190862, 052119086X

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PS3537.T4753 Z7577 2010	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE