{"product_id":"the-rock-poems-paperback","title":"The Rock: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWallace Stevens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn excellent introduction to \"the best and most representative American poet\" (Harold Bloom), this palm-sized, keepsake edition is the first separate publication of this remarkable collection of late poems.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1955, shortly before his death, Wallace Stevens earned the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Award for \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens\u003c\/i\u003e. The collection gathered most of his life's work, and featured 25 previously unpublished poems. Stevens imagined that those poems would stand alone as their own volume--\u003ci\u003eThe Rock\u003c\/i\u003e. Featuring some of his most memorable poems, including \"Not Ideas about the Thing but the Thing Itself,\" \u003ci\u003eThe Rock\u003c\/i\u003e is a sublime selection of works from one of American's most brilliant, beloved modernist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"After the reader has admired certain lines because Shakespeare might have written them, he begins to admire them because only Stevens could\u003c\/i\u003e.\" --Robert Fitzgerald \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"One might as well argue with the Evening Star and find fault with so much wit and grace and intelligence . . . such an overwhelming and exquisite command both of the worlds and of the rhythms of our language; such charm and irony, such natural and philosophical breadth of sympathy, such dignity and magnanimity\u003c\/i\u003e.\" --Randall Jarrell\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWallace Stevens\u003c\/b\u003e (1879-1955) is considered one of the greatest American poets of the last century. His major works include \u003ci\u003eIdeas of Order\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Man With the Blue Guitar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNotes Towards a Supreme Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Necessary Angel\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of several awards, including The National Book Award for Poetry, the Frost Medal, and the Pulitzer Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 5.9 x 4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47351251239161,"sku":"9781640093942","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/a0xsd2JZWU4wTnozN0RXd21FS3JvUT09.webp?v=1769795887","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-rock-poems-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}