Masculine Fecundity and ‘Overinclusiveness’: Imagery of Pregnancy in Wallace Stevens’ Poetry

Authors

Brian Glaser, Chapman UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2007

Abstract

This article reflects on the imagery of pregnancy in the poetry of Wallace Stevens. It notes that the decision of Stevens to change the use of imagery of pregnancy indicates something about a development in his inner life. The images of his later poems show a diminishment of his earlier tendency to associate birth with death which is a sign of his increasing tolerance of the envious desire to be pregnant. The imagination of Stevens matured over twenty years and the changes in images of pregnancy are a measure of that change.

Comments

This article was originally published in Wallace Stevens Journal, volume 31, issue 1, in 2007.

Recommended Citation

Glaser, Brain.“Masculine Fecundity and ‘Overinclusiveness’: Imagery of Pregnancy in Wallace Stevens’ Poetry.” Wallace Stevens Journal 31.1 (2007): 59-72.

Copyright

Johns Hopkins University Press