{"product_id":"the-rock-poems-9781640093942","title":"The Rock: Poems","description":"\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 \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 The collection gathered most of his life's work, and featured 25 previously unpublished poems.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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50567256965394,"sku":"9781640093942","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_11500384-904e-49b5-9bdd-e87c0022b1de.jpg?v=1731916543","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-rock-poems-9781640093942","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}