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Wallace Stevens' "Whole Harmonium"

Author Richard Allen Blessing
Publisher Syracuse University Press
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ISBN / ASINB000PLXZ0Q
ISBN-13978B000PLXZ02
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Although many scholars have examined various elements of the poetry of Wallace Stevens, "this author views the whole of Stevens' work as one grand poem rather than as a compilation of separate pieces. Such a view of Stevens' work allows Dr. Blessing to focus upon what he considers the central problem for Stevens - that of finding an adequate symbol to represnet the complexity of modern life. His theme throughout is: if the relationship between man and his world is organic, complex, ever-changing, and totally dynamic, only a work of art which shares these qualities can hope to symbolize successfully the flowing experience that is modern life..."