Stevens and Race: "Like Decorations in a Nigger Cemetery" Revisited.
The article widen the scope of the issue to teaching American poet Wallace Stevens in poetry writing classes, and propose inventive strategies that can be consider in teaching. Topics discussed include ways to teach Stevens' neglected poem "Like Decorations in a Nigger Cemetery;" and problems of rac...
| Publicado en: | Wallace Stevens Journal Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 177 - 188 |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Fall2017
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| Sumario: | The article widen the scope of the issue to teaching American poet Wallace Stevens in poetry writing classes, and propose inventive strategies that can be consider in teaching. Topics discussed include ways to teach Stevens' neglected poem "Like Decorations in a Nigger Cemetery;" and problems of race evident in the poem and other poems that punctuate Stevens' oeuvre; and metaphysical speculation of Stevens' poem. |
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