Stevens Explanation

Stevens Explanation

"Explanation" is a poem from Wallace Stevens's first book of poetry, Harmonium (1923). It was first published in 1917, so it is in the public domain. [Buttel, p. 162. See also Librivox [http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4077] and the Poetry web site. [http://www.poetrymagazine.org/search_author.html?query=6576] ] This poem may be an explanation of the difference between conventional decoration and artistic imagination, the latter represented, as Buttel proposes, by an allusion to Chagall and the otherworldly charm of his paintings. [Buttel, p. 162]

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References

  • Buttel, Robert. "Wallace Stevens: The Making of Harmonium". 1967: Princeton University Press.

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