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Aspect-Seeing and Stevens' Ideal of Ordinary Experience.

Authors :
Altieri, Charles
Source :
Wallace Stevens Journal; Spring2012, Vol. 36 Issue 1, p78-93, 16p
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

An essay is presented on Wallace Stevens' ideal of ordinary experience. It says that Stevens starts with contempt for ordinary life and repetition of temporality, but he realized that there is no escape from alienation and pseudo-heroics without balancing with everyday life. The author mentions that Stevens concept provides the context to develop second-order reflections on the construction of aspects.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01487132
Volume :
36
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Wallace Stevens Journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
77411945
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1353/wsj.2012.0011