{"product_id":"the-rock-isbn-9781640093942","title":"The Rock","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 The collection gathered most of his life’s work, and featured 25 previously unpublished poems.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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cb\u003ePraise for Wallace Stevens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The best and most representative American poet.” —Harold Bloom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“After the reader has admired certain lines because Shakespeare might have written them, he begins to admire them because only Stevens could.” —Robert Fitzgerald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.” —Randall Jarrell\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.","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303143067877,"sku":"NP9781640093942","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781640093942.jpg?v=1767741271","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-rock-isbn-9781640093942","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}