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1 online resource (xvii, 256 pages) |
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Acknowledgments; Introduction; Abbreviations; Part I; Chapter 1: Past Apocalypse; Chapter 2: An Ever-Enlarging Inchoherence; Chapter 3: What Could Not Be Shaken; Part II; Chapter 4: The Refuge That the End Creates; Chapter 5: Mournful Making; Part III; Chapter 6: Past Apocalypse, Past Stevens; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-248) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955 -- Knowledge -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955 fast |
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Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism
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End of the world in literature.
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War in literature.
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Apocalypse in literature.
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POETRY -- American -- General.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Apocalypse in literature
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Apocalyptic literature
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History
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End of the world in literature
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Literature and history
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War in literature
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United States
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781587296024 |
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1587296020 |
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