The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination

In this collection of essays, consummate poet Wallace Stevens reflects upon his art. His aim is not to produce a work of criticism or philosophy, or a mere discussion of poetic technique. As he explains in his introduction, his ambition in these various pieces, published in different times and places, aimed higher than that, in the direction of disclosing "poetry itself, the naked poem, the imagination manifesting itself in its domination of words." Stevens proves himself as eloquent and scintillating in prose as in poetry, as he both analyzes and demonstrates the essential act of repossessing reality through the imagination.

Author: Wallace Stevens
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02/12/1965
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 7.34h x 4.36w x 0.51d
ISBN: 9780394702780