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Wallace Stevens and the Apocalyptic Mode focuses on Stevens's doubled stance toward the apocalyptic past: his simultaneous use of and resistance to apocalyptic language, two contradictory forces that have generated two dominant and incompatible interpretations of his work. The book explores the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Woodland, Malcolm, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Stevens, Wallace, > 1879-1955 > Criticism and interpretation.
Stevens, Wallace, > 1879-1955 > Knowledge > History.
Stevens, Wallace, > 1879-1955
1900-1999
Literature and history > United States > History > 20th century.
Apocalyptic literature > History and criticism.
End of the world in literature.
War in literature.
Apocalypse in literature.
Littérature et histoire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Littérature apocalyptique > Histoire et critique.
Fin du monde dans la littérature.
Guerre dans la littérature.
POETRY > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Apocalypse in literature
Apocalyptic literature
History
End of the world in literature
Literature and history
War in literature
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Wallace Stevens and the Apocalyptic Mode focuses on Stevens's doubled stance toward the apocalyptic past: his simultaneous use of and resistance to apocalyptic language, two contradictory forces that have generated two dominant and incompatible interpretations of his work. The book explores the often paradoxical roles of apocalyptic and antiapocalyptic rhetoric in modernist and postmodernist poetry and theory, particularly as these emerge in the poetry of Stevens and Jorie Graham. This study begins with an examination of the textual and generic issues surrounding apocalypse, culminating in the.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 256 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-248) and index.
ISBN:9781587296024
1587296020

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