The Whole Harmonium

An “incandescent….redefining biography of a major poet whose reputation continues to ascend” ( Booklist , starred review)—Wallace Stevens, perhaps the most important American poet of the twentieth century. Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) lived a richly imaginative life that he expressed in his poems. “A biography that is both deliciously readable and profoundly knowledgeable” ( Library Journal, starred review), The Whole Harmonium presents Stevens within the living context of his times and as the cr