The necessary angel: essays on reality and the imagination

Wallace Stevens

Vintage Books, 1965 - Poetry - 176 pages

What people are saying

Review: The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination

User Review  - Gerry LaFemina - Goodreads

Stevens is a brilliant thinker, and I love how he moves between philosophy and his work as a writer in regards to how we seek truth. Smart, well written, and thoroughly engaging.

Review: The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination

User Review  - Robert - Goodreads

I read the first essay of this book about a year ago and was blown away. The writing style was convoluted and logically frayed... but the punchline was good enough that I am still trying to figure out ...

Contents

• The Figure of the Youth as Virile Poet: 37
• Three Academic Pieces: 69
• About One of Marianne Moores Poems: 91

Bibliographic information

• Title: The necessary angel: essays on reality and the imagination
• Author: Wallace Stevens
• Publisher: Vintage Books, 1965
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Mar 13, 2008
• Length: 176 pages
• Subjects: Poetry