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 fourth session:

Stevens and the Emptiness 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).

“Sea Surface Full of Clouds” (page 106)

“Palace of the Babies” (page 82)

 “Stars at Tallapoosa” (page 76)

“The Death of a Soldier” (page 104)

“The Snow Man” (page 10)

 “Tea at the Palaz of Hoon” (page 69)

“Sad Strains of a Gay Waltz” (page 129)

“The Sun This March” (page 142)