[New-Poetry] Sound in Stevens

[Anny Ballardini]

CALL FOR PAPERS

A Special Issue of The Wallace Stevens Journal

Topic: Sound in Stevens

Given Wallace Stevens' pronouncements about the significance of sound
and the prominent attention to sound and sonic phenomena throughout his
poetry, it is time again to devote attention to this important facet of
his poetics. This special issue of The Wallace Stevens Journal welcomes
papers on any aspect of the expressivity of sound in Stevens.
Particularly welcome are papers on the rhythms of Stevens' verse as well
as articles that introduce new scholarly directions since the Fall 1991
WSJ volume, "Stevens and Structures of Sound." Suggested topics follow:

* Stevens' play with the sonic properties of English, French, and other
foreign or symbolic languages
* The role of rhythm and other sonic poetic structures in Stevens' verse
* The non-semantic and other properties of sound that might interest Stevens
* Explications, with examples, of Stevens' famous pronouncements and
winking subterfuges regarding the role of sound and the sound of words
in poetry
* The range of human and non-human speakers in Stevens' verse
* Consideration of how sound in Stevens may or may not connect with
Stevens' politics
* Critical resistance or impediments to studies of sound and rhythm in
Stevens
* The significance of Stevens' experiments with sound in relation to
other modernist as well as later experimental writers
* Reflection on Stevens' reading style and reception of his poetry
readings, live and recorded

Papers should be sent by July 15, 2007, to:

Natalie Gerber
Department of English
277 Fenton Hall
SUNY Fredonia
Fredonia, NY 14063

Email: gerber at fredonia.edu



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I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing star! 
Friedrich Nietzsche 
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