Stevens and Simile : A Theory of Language

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Brogan traces in detail the Wallace Stevens increasingly sophisticated use of similes in order to demonstrate how they satisfied both his own intellectual needs and the needs of modern poetry. While thoroughly grounded in the poetry of Stevens, her book also explores the nature of language itself by...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brogan, Jacqueline Vaught
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Stevens, Wallace, > 1879-1955.
Stevens, Wallace, > 1879-1955 > Knowledge > Language and languages.
Stevens, Wallace, > 1879-1955 > Literary style.
Simile.
Language and languages > Philosophy.
Language and languages.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
POETRY > American > General.
Langage et langues > Philosophie.
Comparaison (Rhetorique)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Brogan traces in detail the Wallace Stevens increasingly sophisticated use of similes in order to demonstrate how they satisfied both his own intellectual needs and the needs of modern poetry. While thoroughly grounded in the poetry of Stevens, her book also explores the nature of language itself by demonstrating the possibilities, as well as the limitations, of either a romantic or a deconstructive conception of language Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print bo.
Item Description:Cover; Contents.
Physical Description:1 online resource (230 pages).
ISBN:9781400858354

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