The Poetry of Weldon Kees : Vanishing As Presence.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (118 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- ONE: People Who Vanish -- TWO: An Almost Invisible Note -- THREE: The Excellence of Weldon Kees -- FOUR: "The dynamics of inferential mention": Wallace Stevens's and Hart Crane's Influence on Kees -- FIVE: Kees, A Learned Poet -- SIX: "Relating to Robinson": Mystery and Literary Interpretation -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
The first rigorous literary engagement with Weldon Kees's poetry, this book is an astonishing reassessment of one of the twentieth century's most gifted writers.