About this title: Stevens's perennial concern was the role of the artist in the society in which he lives: What is the connection between the imagination and the real world? His conclusion, that the creation of art and the appreciation of beauty provide the source of meaning and order, is also an answer to his other major preoccupation, which is the quest for meaning in a world without God. Stevens's work is private, cerebral, and full of fine discriminations of feeling; it is also characterized by the vast resources of his vocabulary. Many of his poems take the form of theme and variations--most notably his ...
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Edition: Edition Unstated
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780679726692ISBN:0679726691
Description: Very Good- As issued No Jacket. Spine lean, corner bumps, owner's inscription on the inside front cover, a couple of deep dents to the rear cover, and other light shopwear. Text is clean. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780679726692ISBN:0679726691
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Light cover wear; no remainder mark; no writing in book; no spine crease; binding straight, tight; pages bright, odor-free; will pack securely, ship promptly with Delivery Confirmation. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 560 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Edition Unstated
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780679726692ISBN:0679726691
Description: Very Good. As issued No Jacket. Spine lean, corner bumps, edgewear to the covers, front cover curls up a bit, and other light shopwear. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780679726692ISBN:0679726691
Description: Very Good-Used in None as Issued jacket. / 0679726691. In great shape except the pages are yellowing abit.; Ships with confirming email and tracking number. 100% money back guarantee. read more
Edition: 1974 Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1968
Description: A good reading copy only. Pages are clean unbent and easy to read. the outside is clean and in good cond but it is starting to fade-1974 Printing, Hard Cover, Good / Missing Dust Jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1965
Description: Used-Good. Ex-Library. Hardcover. We individually inspect and grade each book. Our books are professionally packaged and processed quickly. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 1990-01-01
ISBN-13:9780679726692ISBN:0679726691
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780679726692ISBN:0679726691
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780571132140ISBN:0571132146
Description: Good. Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall; Poetry collected from more than four decades. General wear to edges and corners, 534 pages. Post Typically 1-2 days UK, 2-7 days Worldwide. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber
Date Published: 1955
Description: Good. Ex-Library reserve stock. Cloth. Repair to first inner hinge otherwise all good+. Reference plate to endpapers. Usual Reference Stamps. read more
Edition: First edition thus, "Vintage Books" paperback edition.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books/ A Division of Random House, New York
Date Published: 1982
Description: A near fine, bright copy. STEVENS, Wallace. THE COLLECTED POEMS OF WALLACE STEVENS. Small octavo, glossy printed wrappers, pp. xvi, 534, vii. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Franklin Library
Date Published: 1981
Description: As New. Limited Edition. Bound in publisher's original dark green leather with four raised bands on the spine. Title and decorations on spine and covers stamped in gilt. Bookmarker ribbon bound in. With the publisher's booklet present. Issued without dustjacket.; Tight, clean and crisp. The book is unread and looks New.; The Greatest Books of the Twentieth Century Series; 8vo; 468 pages. read more
Description: Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1954
Description: Collectible; Very Good in Very Good jacket. 1954 1st collected edition of this handsome, elegant tribute to Wallace Stevens. #342 of 2, 500 copies issued. Clean and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG/VG-dustjacket, with light soiling along the rear panel and a degree of chipping (not affecting the lettering) at the spine crown. Still though, a perfectly presentable copy. Thick octavo, 534 pgs. plus index. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1954
Description: First Edition, #608 of this edition limited to 2500. Unclipped, with jacket flap price 7.50. --Hardcover with bright copper-and-silver spine decoration, very good minus condition (there is a large red ownership on the pastedown, mostly hidden; several titles in the table of contents are underlined). The dust jacket has chip affecting letters at spine crown; small chip bottom front panel; soil rear-panel; unclipped. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: cloth
Publisher: Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1954
Description: Very Good in Very Good, later dustwrapper. Copy #1654 of 2500. Occasional pencil mark, owner name on front endpaper; mild fading to spine. Dustwrapper is from a 1972 printing and is complete with one small closed tear and overall darkening. read more
"He sails over the line of sarcasm and into this crazy, sardonic, ridiculous vortex of wit and pseudo-realism. Very enjoyable read. Read Keats first, then read him. You will laugh your ass off. Then, you keep reading, and you'll find the answers to how the world should be perceived. The "apotheosis of evocative writing." That's mine - but you can borrow it."
"Superb poetry from an extremely unlikely source. I think I read this after it was mentioned in Ken Kesey's Sometimes a Great Notion.
This book deserves a finer commentary when I have time to consider at the moment, but I was astounded by the impression which he made on my first reading: it was simply like another world had opened up before me... and the one in which I had been living became a mere shell of reality. It was one of those fearful moments when you cannot be sure that your entire value system has been turned upside down."
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