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- Search the Literature Online (LION) database to find background and criticism on Stevens, as well as on individual titles ("Harmonium," "Farewell to Florida," The Necessary Angel, etc.). You can also search for a subject, such as "American Poetry."
- Try the Literature Resource Center database as well for criticism and references on certain works or authors in reference sources, such as the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Literature Criticism, etc.
- Search the Library Catalog (see "Suggested Subject Headings" below).
- To dig deeper, search the MLA and Humanities Full-Text databases.
These are the works by Stevens that the Proctor Library owns. If you need a work that is not owned by the Library, please place an Interlibrary Loan request for it.
| Collected Poems | -- PS3537 .T4753 .A6 1972 |
| Harmonium | -- 811 S84h |
| Opus Posthumous | -- 811 S84o 1971 |
| Poems | -- PS3537 .T4753 A6 1959 |
| The Clairvoyant Eye: The Poetry and Poetics of Wallace Stevens | -- PS3537 .T4753 Z76 1965 |
| Introduction to Wallace Stevens | -- PS3537 .T4753 Z93 1976 |
| Stevens' Poetry of Thought | -- PS3537 .T4753 Z625 1966 |
| Wallace Stevens: A Collection of Critical Essays | -- PS3537 .T4753 Z6 1963 |
| Wallace Stevens: A World of Transforming Shapes | -- PS3537 .T4753 Z754 1976 |
| Wallace Stevens: Imagination and Faith | -- PS3537 .T4753 Z679 1974 |
| Wallace Stevens and the Limits of Reading and Writing | -- available through netLibrary |
| Wallace Stevens: The Making of the Poem | -- PS3537 .T4753 Z626 1980 |
| Wallace Stevens: Musing the Obscure | -- PS3537 .T4753 Z768 1967 |
| Wallace Stevens: Poetry as Life | -- PS3537 .T4753 Z68 1970 |
| Contemporary Literary Criticism | -- REF PN771 .C59 |
| Contemporary Authors | -- REF PN451 .C63 |
| Dictionary of Literary Biography | -- REF PS21 .D5 |
| Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism | -- REF PN771 .G27 |
To access an electronic book, look it up by title in the Library Catalog and click on the link at the bottom of the record. The link will take you to the book in the netLibrary or ebrary databases. If you live off-campus, you will need to set up a free account from a computer that is on-campus.
- To see a list of electronic books on Wallace Stevens, click here.
| The American Sublime | -- available through netLibrary |
| Notations of the Wild Ecology in the Poetry of Wallace Stevens | -- available through netLibrary |
| The Senses of Nonsense | -- available through netLibrary |
Use these terms to perform a subject search in the library's catalog. Be sure to browse through the headings list you get to see subtopics.
- American Poetry -- History and Criticism
- American Poetry -- 20th Century
- Modernism (Literature)
- Poets, American -- 20th Century
- Stevens, Wallace, 1879 - 1955
- Stevens, Wallace, 1879 - 1955 -- Criticism and Interpretation
Use the following library databases to find journal articles about the works of Wallace Stevens, as well as biographical information, essays, and other critical and reference resources.
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Humanities Full-Text
Indexes articles under the subjects of archaeology, area studies, art, classical studies, communications, dance, film, folklore, gender studies, history, journalism, linguistics, literary & social criticism literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion and theology. -
Literature Online (LION)
Fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 168 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources. -
Literature Resource Center
Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combining Gale Group's core literary databases in a single online service, the Literature Resource Center covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors. -
MLA International Bibliography
Indexes journal articles, books, and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, this database goes back to 1963 and contains over 1.5 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers. Coverage is international and subjects include literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also included.
Wallace Stevens -- from the Academy of American Poets
Audio Discussion of Stevens' Poetry -- from the University of Vermont
Wallace Stevens, from Modern American Poetry site -- published by English Dept. and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
| Citing Sources | -- from the Duke University Libraries |
| MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers | -- RREF LB2369 .G52 2003 * |
* RREF stands for Ready Reference near the reference desk on the first floor.
Need more help finding resources? Email me at kowens@flagler.edu or visit the Library's Reference Desk.
Last Updated: September 08, 2008