The Contemplated Spouse: The Letters Of Wallace Stevens To Elsie (The Letters Of Wallace Stevens To Elsie)

الوصف

Gathers together the 272 extant letters written by Wallace Stevens to Elsie Viola Kachel. Written over 25 years, the correspondence reflects Elsie's evolving relationship with Stevens, initially as his friend, then as his fiancee, and later as his wife. These letters reveal aspects of Stevens's personality that his poetry discloses more obliquely.