Poetry for Young People: Wallace Stevens

by Wallace Stevens, John N. Serio (Editor), Robert Gantt Steele (Illustrator)

Overview

Delightful harmony and boundless imagination: these characteristics make Wallace Stevens’ work very special, and perfect for children. Twenty-seven of his finest verses, evocatively illustrated, provide the perfect introduction to Stevens’ poetry. “From a Junk” reveals a boat at sea in the moonlight that “burns...and glistens, wide and wide, under the five-horned stars of night.” A little girl—“sweeter than the sound of the willow”—proudly dressed in her Sunday best accompanies the child-centered “Song.” From the farm landscape of “Ploughing on Sunday” to the three delicate dancing figures of “The Plot Against the Giant,” each picture and each poem will delight.

John N. Serio is Professor of Humanities at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York. He has published essays and books on Wallace Stevens and has served as editor of The Wallace Stevens Journal for over twenty years.

Robert Gantt Steele has been an illustrator for 20 years. His commissions include several book covers, work for the Smithsonian magazine, and the poster image for the most recent Broadway revival of Showboat.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402709258
Publisher:	Sterling
Publication date:	09/01/2004
Series:	Poetry for Young People Series
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	8.82(w) x 10.26(h) x 0.46(d)
Age Range:	10 - 13 Years

Table of Contents

	Introduction	4
	From a Junk	8
	Song	9
	Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock	10
	Earthy Anecdote	12
	Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird	14
	The Indigo Glass in the Grass	17
	Life Is Motion	18
	Anecdote of the Jar	19
	The Plot Against the Giant	20
	The Load of Sugar-Cane	22
	Tea	24
	Nuances of a Theme by Williams	25
	Ploughing on Sunday	26
	Hibiscus on the Sleeping Shores	28
	The Snow Man	29
	Domination of Black	30
	Tea at the Palaz of Hoon	32
	Anecdote of Men by the Thousand	34
	Six Significant Landscapes	36
	Gubbinal	39
	The Emperor of Ice-Cream	40
	A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts	42
	Tattoo	44
	The Death of a Soldier	45
	The House Was Quiet and the World Was Calm	46
	Index	48