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 first session:

Stevens and the Practice of Pure Poetry

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

“Tea” (page 120)

“Life is Motion” (page 88)

“Fabliau of Florida” (page 25)

“The Load of Sugar Cane” (page 13)

“Six Significant Landscapes” (page 78)

“Cy Est Pourtraicte, Madame Ste Ursule, et les Unze Mille Vierges” (page 22)

“Le Monocle de Mon Oncle” (page 14)