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Harmonium
About this book
"There are in Harmonium six or eight of the most beautiful poems an American has written. The poems see, feel, and think with equal success." — Randall Jarrell, Poetry and The Age
An executive with a Connecticut-based insurance company, Wallace Stevens (1879–1955) wrote poetry in the evenings and during his daily commute. Harmonium, his first collection of verse, was published when he was 44 years old. Although largely overlooked upon its 1923 debut, the compilation is recognized today as an important contribution to Modernism, offering a diverse range of satirical and philosophical lyrical works that explore the nature of reality and the power of the imagination. They include some of Stevens's most famous and frequently studied works, including "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird," "The Emperor of Ice-Cream," and "Peter Quince at the Clavier."
An executive with a Connecticut-based insurance company, Wallace Stevens (1879–1955) wrote poetry in the evenings and during his daily commute. Harmonium, his first collection of verse, was published when he was 44 years old. Although largely overlooked upon its 1923 debut, the compilation is recognized today as an important contribution to Modernism, offering a diverse range of satirical and philosophical lyrical works that explore the nature of reality and the power of the imagination. They include some of Stevens's most famous and frequently studied works, including "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird," "The Emperor of Ice-Cream," and "Peter Quince at the Clavier."
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Note
- Contents
- Earthy Anecdote
- Invective Against Swans
- In the Carolinas
- The Paltry Nude Starts on a Spring Voyage
- The Plot Against the Giant
- Infanta Marina
- Domination of Black
- The Snow Man
- The Ordinary Women
- The Load of Sugar-Cane
- Le Monocle de Mon Oncle
- Nuances of a Theme by Williams
- Metaphors of a Magnifico
- Ploughing on Sunday
- Cy Est Pourtraicte, Madame Ste Ursule, et Les Unze Mille Vierges
- Hibiscus on the Sleeping Shores
- Fabliau of Florida
- The Doctor of Geneva
- Another Weeping Woman
- Homunculus et La Belle Etoile
- The Comedian as the Letter C
- From the Misery of Don Joost
- O, Florida, Venereal Soil
- Last Looks at the Lilacs
- The Worms at Heavenās Gate
- The Jack-Rabbit
- Valley Candle
- Anecdote of Men by the Thousand
- The Silver Plough-Boy
- The Apostrophe to Vincentine
- Floral Decorations for Bananas
- Anecdote of Canna
- Of the Manner of Addressing Clouds
- Of Heaven Considered as a Tomb
- Of the Surface of Things
- Anecdote of the Prince of Peacocks
- A High-Toned Old Christian Woman
- The Place of the Solitaires
- The Weeping Burgher
- The Curtains in the House of the Metaphysician
- Banal Sojourn
- Depression Before Spring
- The Emperor of Ice-Cream
- The Cuban Doctor
- Tea at the Palaz of Hoon
- Exposition of the Contents of a Cab
- Disillusionment of Ten OāClock
- Sunday Morning
- The Virgin Carrying a Lantern
- Stars at Tallapoosa
- Explanation
- Six Significant Landscapes
- Bantams in Pine-Woods
- Anecdote of the Jar
- Palace of the Babies
- Frogs Eat Butterflies. Snakes Eat Frogs. Hogs Eat Snakes. Men Eat Hogs
- Jasmineās Beautiful Thoughts Underneath the Willow
- CortĆØge for Rosenbloom
- Tattoo
- The Bird with the Coppery, Keen Claws
- Life Is Motion
- Architecture
- The Wind Shifts
- Colloquy with a Polish Aunt
- Gubbinal
- Two Figures in Dense Violet Night
- Theory
- To the One of Fictive Music
- Hymn from a Watermelon Pavilion
- Peter Quince at the Clavier
- Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
- Nomad Exquisite
- Tea
- To the Roaring Wind