The Necessary Angel
by
Wallace Stevens
"In this book, the first collection of his prose works, he accounts in scintil... read full description
by
Wallace Stevens
"In this book, the first collection of his prose works, he accounts in scintil... read full description
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Oct 25, 2011
Robert
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I read the first essay of this book about a year ago and was blown away. The writing style was convoluted and logically frayed... but the punchline was good enough that I am still trying to figure out how best to ink it on my skin.
So, as I began to prepare for my final thesis, I knew full well that the first essay would be a part of it... "nobility is the violence within us that presses back against the violence from without"... but I felt nauseous at the thought that I wou More...
So, as I began to prepare for my final thesis, I knew full well that the first essay would be a part of it... "nobility is the violence within us that presses back against the violence from without"... but I felt nauseous at the thought that I wou More...
Aug 04, 2011
AE
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A little angel said to me, "I'm an angel and you were once too," and he was well pleased. All Stevens' work viewed in light of his baptism at 75, right before his death, shows its truth. Then angel showed me what that meant. This music appeared in the March elimae http://www.elimae.com/2010/03/RevStevens... Angel wouldn't shut up though, woke me again in the AM that there is a something greater than imagination once you know to sing. Now I find a dusty Auroras of Autumn, from Santa Fe
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Feb 11, 2011
"What has just been said demonstrates that there are degrees of the imagination, as, for example, degrees of vitality and, therefore, of intensity. It is an implication that there are degrees of reality."
-The Noble Rider, 2
-The Noble Rider, 2
Mar 23, 2009
Kit
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...though the poem that is the second of the "Three Academic Pieces," "Someone Puts Together a Pineapple," is amazing.
Dec 30, 2009
Curtis
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Some good essays in here...worth reading...but not the absolute necessary angel the title leads you to believe.
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Dec 20, 2009
Anselm
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I'm sure this is a six star book, but every now and then the virile youth goes dickhead in a less than interesting way.
Nov 02, 2010
Mairead
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Oh, Wally. You and your big words.
The last essay is worth many readings.
The last essay is worth many readings.
Oct 15, 2008
This is a library book and my favorite part so far is "Reality is things as they are." underlined with !!!!!!!!!!!Remember!!!!!!!! written in the margin.
Dec 27, 2007
Tim
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Stevens' one book of collected prose. It really helps to ground and explain his poetry.
Dec 16, 2009
Alex
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really empowering stuff about the role of the artist, and a good explanation of literary modernism.
Jun 13, 2008
John
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Nearly incomprehensible. Great poets are not necessarily great essayists.
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