Wallace Stevens' unique voice combined meditative speculation and what he called the "essential gaudiness of poetry" in a body of work of astonishing profusion and exuberance. Now, for the first time, the works of America's supreme poet of the imagination are collected in one authoritative volume.

Wallace Stevens' unique voice combined meditative speculation and what he called the "essential gaudiness of poetry" in a body of work of astonishing profusion and exuberance. Now, for the first time, the works of America's supreme poet of the imagination are collected in one authoritative volume.

In 1858, Alfred Russel Wallace, aged thirty-five, weak with malaria, isolated in the Spice Islands, wrote to Charles Darwin: he had, he said excitedly, worked out a theory of natural selection. Darwin was aghast - his work of decades was about to be scooped. Within two weeks, his outline and Wallace's paper were presented jointly in London. A year later, with Wallace still on t...(展开全部)

In 1858, Alfred Russel Wallace, aged thirty-five, weak with malaria, isolated in the Spice Islands, wrote to Charles Darwin: he had, he said excitedly, worked out a theory of natural selection. Darwin was aghast - his work of decades was about to be scooped. Within two weeks, his outline and Wallace's paper were presented jointly in London. A year later, with Wallace still on t...(展开全部)

In intimate and eloquent interviews, including the last he gave before his suicide, the writer hailed by A.O. Scott of The New York Times as “the best mind of his generation” considers the state of modern America, entertainment and discipline, adulthood, literature, and his own inimitable writing style. The volume includes among others interviews with Laura Miller, Dave Eggers,...(展开全部)

作者简介： 彼得•雷德（Peter Rader），毕业于哈佛大学。作为一名电影制作人和编剧，他曾为所有主要的好莱坞电影制片厂开发电影项目。现与妻子和两个儿子居住在美国洛杉矶。 能够将所有这些研究结果整合成一位传奇人物的第一部完整传记，我深感荣幸。他不但帮助我们更加深入地理解我们身处其中的世界，也阐明了生而为人的真义所在。 ——彼得•雷德 译者简介： 潘源，博士，副研究员。曾在北京科技大学英语系任教近十年，现任职于中国艺术研究院文化发展战略研究中心。主要译著有《弗洛伊德式的身体——精神分析与艺术》《冷山》《梦锁危情》《天书》等。

作者简介： 彼得•雷德（Peter Rader），毕业于哈佛大学。作为一名电影制作人和编剧，他曾为所有主要的好莱坞电影制片厂开发电影项目。现与妻子和两个儿子居住在美国洛杉矶。 能够将所有这些研究结果整合成一位传奇人物的第一部完整传记，我深感荣幸。他不但帮助我们更加深入地理解我们身处其中的世界，也阐明了生而为人的真义所在。 ——彼得•雷德 译者简介： 潘源，博士，副研究员。曾在北京科技大学英语系任教近十年，现任职于中国艺术研究院文化发展战略研究中心。主要译著有《弗洛伊德式的身体——精神分析与艺术》《冷山》《梦锁危情》《天书》等。

约翰·亨明（John Hemming） 巴西印第安人、亚马孙环境、印加人、秘鲁考古学研究和探索历史方面闻名世界的权威。在亚马孙地区旅行并广泛研究和撰写了与之相关的课题和文章，也与华莱士、贝茨和斯普鲁斯一样经历过很多紧张和艰难的瞬间。他在伦敦皇家地理协会担任了26年的理事。

This definitive poetry collection, originally published in 1954 to honor Stevens on his 75th birthday, contains: - andquot; Harmoniumandquot; - andquot; Ideas of Orderandquot; - andquot; The Man With the Blue Guitarandquot; - andquot; Parts of the Worldandquot; - andquot; Transport Summerandquot; - andquot; The Auroras of Autumnandquot; - andquot; The Rockandquot;