{"product_id":"the-whole-harmonium-the-life-of-wallace-stevens-9781451624380","title":"The Whole Harmonium: The Life of Wallace Stevens","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn \"incandescent....redefining biography of a major poet whose reputation continues to ascend\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review)--Wallace Stevens, perhaps the most important American poet of the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWallace Stevens (1879-1955) lived a richly imaginative life that he expressed in his poems. \"A biography that is both deliciously readable and profoundly knowledgeable\" (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review), \u003ci\u003eThe Whole Harmonium\u003c\/i\u003e presents Stevens within the living context of his times and as the creator of a poetry that continues to shape how we understand and define ourselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA lawyer who rose to become an insurance-company vice president, Stevens composed brilliant poems on long walks to work and at other stolen moments. He endured an increasingly unhappy marriage, and yet he had his Dionysian side, reveling in long fishing (and drinking) trips to the sun-drenched tropics of Key West. He was at once both the Connecticut businessman and the hidalgo lover of all things Latin. His first book of poems, \u003ci\u003eHarmonium, \u003c\/i\u003e published when he was forty-four, drew on his profound understanding of Modernism to create a distinctive and inimitable American idiom. Over time he became acquainted with peers such as Robert Frost and William Carlos Williams, but his personal style remained unique. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe complexity of Stevens's poetry rests on emotional, philosophical, and linguistic tensions that thread their way intricately through his poems, both early and late. And while he can be challenging to understand, Stevens has proven time and again to be one of the most richly rewarding poets to read. Biographer and poet Paul Mariani's \u003ci\u003eThe Whole Harmonium\u003c\/i\u003e \"is an excellent, superb, thrilling story of a mind....unpacking poems in language that is nearly as eloquent as the poet's, and as clear as faithfulness allows\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-741183\"\u003ePaul Mariani\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451624380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1451624387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO007000\"\u003eLiterary Figures\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT004020\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43834830618763,"sku":"9781451624380","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_087980e9-237e-4c5f-9f9d-c14577a9bac1.jpg?v=1755665699","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-whole-harmonium-the-life-of-wallace-stevens-9781451624380","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}