What to say. ( )

Stevens is one of the most important poets of the 20th century. This is a wonderful collection. It deserves to be read. ( )

Wallace Stevens has some brilliant poems, so I snatched this up when I saw it for fifty cents. Stevens has a tendency to break poems down into pieces making mini poems and big poems that play off each other brilliantly. Stevens' best poem- "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird." ( )

This collection, while not as definitive as The Collected Poetry, includes all the major longer poems and many important shorter poems of critical value. Arranged in chronological order by probable date of composition this text provides the reader the possiblility of considering the overall arc of Stevens' career. I find myself dipping into the poems included here time and again and it is difficult to pull myself away. THe thoughtful consideration of art and meaning in life is seldom conveyed any better than in the poetry of Wallace Stevens. ( )