WALLACE STEVENS: THE TRANSIENT TRANSCENDENTALIST

An eight-week literary seminar through the Cornwall Library in Cornwall, CT.

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

Readings for the third session:

Stevens and the Secrets 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).

“Metaphors of a Magnifico” (page 20)

“A High-Toned Old Christian Woman” (page 62)

“Peter Quince at the Clavier” (page 96)

“Domination of Black” (page 9)

“The Doctor of Geneva” (page 26)

“The Weeping Burgher” (page 64)

“The Emperor of Ice Cream” (page 68)

“Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” (page 99)