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Tag: Politics and Poetry

152. (Wallace Stevens)

When you start out with a feeling of alienation—from an unspoken, blank, or meaningless past—from a mass of others, or … More

American Literature, American poetry, Marius Bewley, Politics and Poetry, R.P. Blackmur, Wallace Stevens

135. (Ben Jonson)

Whether he is the first or not, Ben Jonson is among the earliest of the major American writers. A perverse … More

Ben Jonson, Poetry, Politics and Poetry, Renaissance poetry

134. (Wallace Stevens)

A friend of mine, the recent election in heart and mind, sent me Wallace Stevens’ poem, “United Dames of America.” … More

modernist poetry, Poetry, Politics and Poetry, Wallace Stevens
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