Parts of a World

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Parts of a World is a 1942 poetry collection by American modernist poet Wallace Stevens that explores imagination, reality, and perception through dense, philosophical verse.

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Parts of a World canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
poetry collection
author Wallace Stevens
authorNationality American
centralConcern construction of meaning
nature of perception
relationship between imagination and reality
role of the poet
countryOfOrigin United States
creator Wallace Stevens
exploresTheme imagination
perception
philosophy
reality
genre modernist poetry
hasAuthor Wallace Stevens
hasPoem Bouquet of Roses in Sunlight
Study of Two Pears
The Curtain
The Glass of Water
The Good Man Has No Shape
The Idea of Order at Key West
The Latest Freed Man
The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad
The Man on the Dump
The Man with the Blue Guitar
The Man with the Blue Guitar and Other Poems
The Motive for Metaphor
The Pleasures of Merely Circulating
The Poems of Our Climate
The Sense of the Sleight-of-Hand Man
The Well Dressed Man with a Beard
The World as Meditation
language English
literaryMovement Modernism
literaryPeriod 20th century American literature
mediaType print
notableFor complex, allusive diction
integration of abstract thought and sensory detail
philosophical exploration of aesthetics
originalPublicationLanguage English
publicationYear 1942
publisher Alfred A. Knopf
styleCharacteristic abstract imagery
complex syntax
dense verse
philosophical language

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Wallace Stevens notableWork Parts of a World
Transport to Summer follows Parts of a World