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The contemplated spouse
the letters of Wallace Stevens to Elsie
By Stevens, Wallace & Stevens, Elsie Viola Kachel Moll
- ISBN
- 978-1-57003-248-6
- Publisher
- Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, c2006.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2006
This collection of 272 letters from poet Stevens to the woman of his life, Elsie Viola Kachel, spans their 25 years together, from early courtship to marriage to their later years. During the five years of their courtship, they saw each other only occasionally-he lived in New York and she in Reading, PA-so the relationship consisted primarily of letter writing. Stevens wrote nearly every other day of his devotion, work, activities, and artistic a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
