WALLACE STEVENS: THE TRANSIENT TRANSCENDENTALIST

An eight-week literary seminar through the Bushnell Sage Library in Sheffield, MA.

Because of Covid-19, these sessions occur only on zoom. Please contact the library for the zoom links.

Readings for the sixth session:

Stevens and the Dances with the Devil

(Page numbers refer to the new “corrected” text of the THE COLLECTED POEMS OF WALLACE STEVENS, ed. Serio and Beyers, Vintage: 2015).

“The Man with the Blue Guitar” (page 175)

“The Poems of Our Climate” (page 205)

“Of Hartford in a Purple Light” (page 240)

“Of Modern Poetry” (page 254)

“No Possum, No Sop, No Taters” (page 309)