LEADER 02796nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910821084803321 005 20230617041848.0 010 $a1-58729-602-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000469969 035 $a(EBL)843188 035 $a(OCoLC)85790213 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000268795 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11954598 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268795 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10254315 035 $a(PQKB)11192249 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC843188 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9227 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL843188 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10354456 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000469969 100 $a20040825d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWallace Stevens and the apocalyptic mode$b[electronic resource] /$fMalcolm Woodland 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (277 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87745-928-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [233]-248) and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Abbreviations; Part I; Chapter 1: Past Apocalypse; Chapter 2: An Ever-Enlarging Inchoherence; Chapter 3: What Could Not Be Shaken; Part II; Chapter 4: The Refuge That the End Creates; Chapter 5: Mournful Making; Part III; Chapter 6: Past Apocalypse, Past Stevens; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aWallace Stevens and the Apocalyptic Mode focuses on Stevens's doubled stance toward the apocalyptic past: his simultaneous use of and resistance to apocalyptic language, two contradictory forces that have generated two dominant and incompatible interpretations of his work. The book explores the often paradoxical roles of apocalyptic and antiapocalyptic rhetoric in modernist and postmodernist poetry and theory, particularly as these emerge in the poetry of Stevens and Jorie Graham. This study begins with an examination of the textual and generic issues surrounding apocalypse, culminating in the 606 $aLiterature and history$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aApocalyptic literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnd of the world in literature 606 $aWar in literature 615 0$aLiterature and history$xHistory 615 0$aApocalyptic literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnd of the world in literature. 615 0$aWar in literature. 676 $a811/.52 700 $aWoodland$b Malcolm$f1958-$01687369 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821084803321 996 $aWallace Stevens and the apocalyptic mode$94060770 997 $aUNINA