{"product_id":"modernism-from-right-to-left-wallace-stevens-the-thirties-literary-radicalism-paperback-9780521619400","title":"Modernism from Right to Left; Wallace Stevens, the Thirties, \u0026 Literary Radicalism (Paperback) 9780521619400","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eModernism from Right to Left\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWallace Stevens, the Thirties, \u0026amp; Literary Radicalism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA study of relations between American radicalism and modernism in the 1930s, focusing on Wallace Stevens.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlan Filreis (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521619400, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 8 June 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e396 pages, 7 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 2.3 cm, 0.588 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This is an indispensable book, not only for scholars of Wallace Stevens and modernism, but for anyone interested in reading lyric poetry within a rich historical and political context. Filreis has done an extraordinary amount of original research into what he calls 'circles of reputation and response' in the literary-political wars of the thirties. His research amounts to a kind of 'thick description' of these battles, in which the very texture of the various positions taken up in the shuttling between left, right, and middle becomes available to us in the language of the participants. Filreis shows how little agreement there was among thirties radicals on questions of aesthetic criteria. Surprisingly, he also demonstrates the importance of Stevens to all sides in the debate. From now on, nobody can write about these issues without consulting Filreis's lucid, engaging and comprehensive book.' Charles Berger, University of Utah\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart biography and part literary history, this book is about the experience of the American modernist poet Wallace Stevens in the 1930s. Stevens is generally thought to have antagonised, even engaged, the young literary radicals of the period. Using the archives of many little-known political poets, Alan Filreis offers a detailed description of these battles, in which the very texture of the various positions taken up in the movement between left and right becomes available to us in the language of the participants. Filreis demonstrates that the radicals knew and appreciated modernism more than has been generally recognised, and that Stevens's poetry - as well as that of other then-eminent modernists was significantly influenced by political poets and critics on the left. This book is a contribution to the cultural history of the American 1930s as well as a novel approach to an oft-studied figure.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Which side are you on?\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Arrogations: 2. The poet and the depression\u003cbr\u003e 3. What superb mechanics\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Convergences: 4. The rage for order\u003cbr\u003e 5. Turmoil in the middle ground: politicizing the lyric\u003cbr\u003e 6. Toward a rhyming of opposites: 'Owl's Clover'\u003cbr\u003e 7. A million people on one string\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20poetry%20\u0026amp;%20poets%20%5BDSC%5D%22\"\u003eDSC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004209451288,"sku":"9780521619400","price":31.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521619400i_d2192267-61fa-4cbb-888c-ac3065ef207e.jpg?v=1691370627","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/modernism-from-right-to-left-wallace-stevens-the-thirties-literary-radicalism-paperback-9780521619400","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}