Re: 9 Ways of Looking at a Bananafish

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will,

Thanks for your indulgence of my 20 minutes of tongue-in-cheek. You're in
Hartford?  (Surely you meant  thirteen stone markers--unless the 14th is for
title and author.)  I agree re your assessment of Harmonium.  Out in 1923
when W.S. was 44.  I do think the lateness of his first book pub. helps the
quality of the product.   I think it is interesting how Stevens seems, with
each passing decade, to stand head and shoulders above American 20th century
poetry.  I was never a big reader of him; it is a huge gap I need to fill.
(For my Orals I chose Pound.)

--Bruce

-----Original Message-----
From: William Hochman <wh14@is9.nyu.edu>
To: bananafish <bananafish@lists.nyu.edu>
Date: Thursday, September 23, 1999 5:00 AM
Subject: Re: 9 Ways of Looking at a Bananafish


>Hey, that was fun Bruce--here in Hartford, they are talking of setting up
>14 stone markers with each stanza...and I have to admit that in my best
>bookcase Stevens snuggles just a shelf below Jerome's two...I love
>_Harmonium_.  I think it's the best first book of poems ever! will
>
>

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