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Wallace stevens was a lawyer by training and trade, but he went on to become one of the most influential american modernist poets. Frank kermode and joan richardson library of america. He was a master stylist, employing an extraordinary vocabulary and a rigorous precision in crafting his poems. Harmonium, his first volume of poems, was published in 1923, and was followed by ideas of order 1936, the man with the blue guitar 1937, par. Stevens largely ignored the literary world and he did not receive widespread recognition until the publication of his collected poems 1954. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The collected poems of wallace stevens vintage international ebook. The auroras of autumn 1950 copyrighted in the united states until 2045. Wallace stevens was born in reading, pennsylvania, on october 2, 1879, and died in hartford, connecticut, on august 2, 1955. He won the pulitzer prize for poetry for his collected poems in 1955. Wallace stevens wallace stevens, the collected poems, london, 2nd impression, 1959. Wallace stevenss most popular book is the collected poems. The collected poems of wallace stevens the corrected edition by wallace stevens and publisher vintage. Wallace stevens october 2, 1879 august 2, 1955 wallace stevens was regarded as one of the most significant american poets of the 20th century.
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