Reviews for Modernism from Right to Left: Wallace Stevens, the Thirties, and Literary Radicalism

The average rating for Modernism from Right to Left: Wallace Stevens, the Thirties, and Literary Radicalism based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-09-09 00:00:00 Stacey Brunson This is a book about a book, so it can only be so great. However, it pointed me in the direction of Bahktin, Nag Hammadi (particularly 'Thunder/Perfect Mind'), and explained other important currents in my favorite novel that I had overlooked. I read this during jury duty.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-10-13 00:00:00 Jim Davis Raine's book on Eliot is focused on the work and less the life, is opinionated, and far from a breezy read. I appreciate his defense of Eliot from the charges of anti-Semitism, but am not certain I buy it. His handling of Eliot's Christianity seems wooden and awkward. Still I enjoyed his heavy lifting on so many poems and so much criticism and especially the early chapter on Eliot and the failure to live.