Week 10: Poets of Idea and Order
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Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, and Hart Crane each wrote masterpieces of poetry that reflect strident individualism and a tenacious commitment to perfection.  Each writer worked and reworked the texts in order to shape both language and the forms of experiences their works reflect.
Readings
Wallace Stevens
"A High-Toned Old Christian Woman," p. 1571; "The Emperor of Ice-Cream," p. 1572; "Of Modern Poetry," p. 1575.

William Carlos Williams
"The Young Housewife," p. 1580; "Portrait of a Lady," p. 1582; "The Great Figure," p. 1584; "The Red Wheelbarrow," p. 1585.

Marianne Moore
"No Swan So Fine," p. 1593; "A Jelly-Fish," p. 1593.

Hart Crane
"The Bridge," pp. 1595-1606.
American Poet Marianne Moore
(from 1995 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia)
 

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