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Author Walker, David, 1950 September 14- author.

Title The transparent lyric : reading and meaning in the poetry of Stevens and Williams / David Walker
Published Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1984]
©1984

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Description 1 online resource (225 pages)
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. The Transparent Lyric -- 2. The Theater and the Book -- 3. The Motive for Metaphor 4 The Nothing That Is -- 4. The Nothing That Is -- 5. Machines Made of Words -- 6. Only the Dance -- Postscript -- Notes -- Index -- Backmatter
Summary Through close readings of poems from the entire range of both poets' careers, the author reveals the pivotal role of Stevens and Williams in the shift from modernism to postmodernism. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905
Analysis Poetry in English American writers Stevens, Wallace & Williams, William Carlos - Critical studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955 -- Criticism and interpretation
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963 -- Criticism and interpretation
Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955 -- Criticism and interpretation
Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955 fast
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963 fast
Stevens, Wallace 1879-1955 gnd
Williams, William Carlos 1883-1963 gnd
Stevens, Wallace. swd
Williams, William Carlos. swd
Subject American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
POETRY -- American -- General.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry.
American poetry
Lyrik
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781400857333
1400857333