“It is a violence from within that protects us from a violence without. It is the imagination pressing back against the pressure of reality.”
About Wallace Stevens
2 October 1879–2 August 1955
Wallace Stevens stands as one of the most enigmatic and profound voices in American poetry—a philosophical poet who balanced a successful corporate career with the creation of some of the most intellectually challenging and aesthetically innovative verse of the 20th century. His poetry, characterized by its luxuriant…