Ambivalent Posthumanism: A Few of Stevens’ Animals

Authors

Brian Glaser, Chapman UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2010

Abstract

This essay focuses on several categories of Wallace Stevens' use of animals in his poetry that is arguably posthumanist. It argues on the emotional ambivalence made by "Mountains Covered with Cats" which points out that animals are also living entities to experience and know with a mixture of positive and negative emotions. It cites Sigmund Freud's concept of ambivalence where he transcribe and reflect on the most well-known dream of a predatory animal in the modernist milieu.

Comments

This article was originally published in Wallace Stevens Journal, volume 34, issue 2, in 2010.

Recommended Citation

Glaser, Brian.“Ambivalent Posthumanism: A Few of Stevens’ Animals.” Wallace Stevens Journal 34.2 (2010): 209-221.

Peer Reviewed

1

Copyright

Johns Hopkins University Press