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Book SynopsisThe years between 1900 and 1915 were a crucial period in Wallace Stevens' poetic career. But until Robert Buttel was given access to 30 manuscript poems written during this time, these years constituted the largest gap in our knowledge of Stevens' artistic development. These poems, as well as those printed in the Harvard Advocate, are presented in
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface Preface and Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xvii*I. Part of His Education, pg. 1*II. Abodes of the Imagination, pg. 46*III. Roguesand Exquisites, pg. 80*IV. An Odor From A Star, pg. 102*V. What One Star Can Carve, pg. 125*VI. A Clinging Eye, pg. 148*VII. Dandy, Eccentric, Clown, pg. 169*VIII. Noble Accents and Inescapable Rhythms, pg. 203*IX. Phases: 1914-1923, pg. 230*I. List of Stevens' courses at Harvard, pg. 251*II. Chronological index of Stevens' undergraduate poems and stories, pg. 252*III. Index of Stevens' manuscript and fugitive poems used in this study, pg. 254*Index, pg. 257
