{"product_id":"the-dome-and-the-rock-9781421436975","title":"The Dome and the Rock","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1968. In The Dome and the Rock: Structure in the Poetry of Wallace Stevens, James Baird traces the process of Wallace Steven's Grand Poem and the total structure that it accomplished in language. In the words of Professor Baird, The full art of Stevens is organized with architectural precision. The shape of the mind becomes a building, the framework of which is founded in a willed symmetry of design. In The Dome and the Rock, James Baird exposes the capacity of Wallace Stevens to design his poetry in a manner similar to an architect, and he reveals the craftsmanship of [Wallace's] acts as builder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Grand Poem \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. The Shaper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Architecture \u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Adjacent Structures: English and French Antecedents \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Stevens in the American Grain \u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The Passion for Design \u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Poetic Geometry: The Arc \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. The Elements of Sight\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. The Sun\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Light\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. The Eye\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. The Crafting of the Dome\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. The Setting\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Wing and Claw: Symbols of the Imagination\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. The Painter: Encounters of the Eye\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. The Comedian: Masques and Festivals\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. The Mythological Canon: Ritual Presences\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. American Place: Of Land-Made Men\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15. Society: Transitions in the American Community \u003cbr\u003eChapter 16. Existence: The Difficulty of Being \u003cbr\u003eChapter 17. The Hero: Aspects of the Supreme Fiction \u003cbr\u003eChapter 18. In the Northern Quarter: The Descent to the Rock \u003cbr\u003eChapter 19. The Chapel of Wind and Weather: The Poet as Priest \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV. Afterword\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 20. The Poet in His Time\u003cbr\u003eTitle Index\u003cbr\u003eSubject Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408136937815,"sku":"9781421436975","price":38.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-dome-and-the-rock-9781421436975","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}