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 second session:

Stevens and the Scope 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).

“Earthy Anecdote” (page 3)

“Invective Against Swams” (page 4)

“The Paltry Nude Starts on a Spring Voyage” (page 5)

“Ploughing on Sunday” (page 21)

“Anecdote of the Jar” (page 81)

“Anecdote of Men by the Thousand” (page 54)

“Tattoo” (page 87)

“Sunday Morning” (page 71)