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Stevens and Simile: A Theory of Language
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Stevens and Simile: A Theory of Language
Contributors:
By (Author) Jacqueline Vaught Brogan
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
811.52
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
228
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
482g
Description
Brogan traces in detail the Wallace Stevens increasingly sophisticated use of similes in order to demonstrate how they satisfied both his own intellectual needs and the needs of modern poetry. While thoroughly grounded in the poetry of Stevens, her book also explores the nature of language itself by demonstrating the possibilities, as well as the l
