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WALLACE STEVENS
Scope|Circulating Books|Critical Sources|Periodicals,
Journals, & Trade Publications|Web Sites
Scope: Wallace Stevens, a
20th century American poet,was educated at Harvard and
began his literary career during his early years as a
reporter. He is often considered a visionary poet as his
poetry deals with exotic places and is highly
imaginative. Two of his famous collections of poetry are
“the Emperor of Ice Cream” and “Thirteen Ways of Looking
at a Blackbird.”
CIRCULATING BOOKS
Books of Wallace Steven’s works are listed in our
on-line catalog under, “ Stevens, Wallace,” and under
individual titles, i.e. “Collected poetry and prose”
Books written by and about Wallace Stevens have the call
number(s) PS 3537.T4753
Some representative books from the circulating
collection located upstairs in the Baddour Library are:
Beckett, Lucy.
Wallace Stevens. London: Cambridge University Press,
1974.
MacLeod, Glen G.
Wallace Stevens and Modern Art: from the Armory Show to
abstract Expressionism. New Haven: Yale University
Press, 1993.
McNamara, Peter L.
Critics on Wallace Stevens. Coral Gables, Fla:
University of
Miami Press, 1972.
Stevens, Wallace.
Collected Poetry and Prose. New York: Penguin Books,
1997.
CRITICAL SOURCES
There are books in the Reference collection that do not
circulate but pages may be photocopied. The following
titles are appropriate for this topic:
PR 502.C85 1992 Critical Survey of Poetry
PS 21.D5 Vol. 54 Dictionary of Literary Biography,
American poets, 1880-1945
PN 771.M3 1991 Major 20th Century Writers
PS 21.E537 2004 The Oxford Encyclopedia of American
Literature
PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, & TRADE PUBLICATIONS
Click the links for a
list of full text journals available through our
databases in:
WEB SITES
Literary Resources on the Net
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
Covers
the major internet resources in the field, including
authors, movements, and collections of electronic
literary texts. Essential to researchers in English or
American literature.
Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu
Authored by Alan Liu from the University of California,
this is an excellent and very comprehensive literature
site with links to thousands of web sites in all areas
of the humanities. Easily accessed and easy to navigate.
The homepage links to menus from 25 areas, from
anthropology to women's studies.
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Updated
02/08/2007
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