In Wallace Stevens: A Poet's Growth, George S. Lensing examines
Stevens' gradual emergence and development as a poet, tracing his
life from his formative years in Pennsylvania to his careers as a
lawyer for the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company and as one
of the major poets of the twentieth century. Lensing draws
extensively upon previously unpublished material from the Stevens
archive at the Huntington Library, which contains letters, early
drafts of poems, and notebooks. Two notebooks, Schemata and From
Pieces of Paper, are here reproduced in full.
The study is divided into three sections. In the first, Lensing
examines the years before the publication of Sevens' first volume
of poetry, paying special attention to the forces that hindered and
enhanced his progress toward modernity. In the second, we see
Stevens in the exercise of his craft. Lensing discusses the
influence of the Romantics on the verse Stevens wrote as an
undergraduate at Harvard; his interest in Oriental art, Cubism, and
Fauvism; his anticipation of Imagism; and his imitation of certain
French Symbolists. Sources of the epigraphs to Stevens' poems are
identified fully for the first time, suggesting the role of
Stevens' vast reading upon his poetry. Also considered is Stevens'
voluminous correspondence with people from all over the world, some
of whom he never met personally. These letters helped rescue
Stevens from the insularity of his business life and aided in the
making of his poems.
The final section treats the critical responses to Stevens'
poetry by such people as Harriet Monroe, editor and founder of
Poetry, who was the first important reader and publisher of his
work. Attention is also given to Stevens' explications of his
poems.
Wallace Stevens: A Poet's Growth is a comprehensive examination
of Stevens' live and work. This study provides abundant new
material, which will be of value to scholars and to those readers
who are drawn to Stevens' poetry.
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