Wallace Stevens : d’une version officieuse de la philosophie

This paper aims to show that Wallace Stevens’ “unofficial view of being” does not simply convey a sense of the world as it is in the perfect coincidence of imagination and reality. After exploring the connection between Heideggerian ontology and Stevens’ poetry “in times of need”, this paper examine...

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Main Author: Axel Nesme
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2014-02-01
Series:Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/6342
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spelling doaj-276e971f961f4e1cba7bc046a6f240702021-09-02T20:07:49ZengAssociation Française d'Etudes AméricainesTransatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines1765-27662014-02-01110.4000/transatlantica.6342Wallace Stevens : d’une version officieuse de la philosophieAxel NesmeThis paper aims to show that Wallace Stevens’ “unofficial view of being” does not simply convey a sense of the world as it is in the perfect coincidence of imagination and reality. After exploring the connection between Heideggerian ontology and Stevens’ poetry “in times of need”, this paper examines the originating function of Stevens’ poems in light of Agamben’s theorization of deixis and voice, and of the specific role assigned to the syllable. Following Lacoue-Labarthe, I conclude with a discussion of Stevens’ poetry as experience concomittant with the withdrawal of being.http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/6342AgambendeixisepistemologyexperienceHeideggerLacoue-Labarthe
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Wallace Stevens : d’une version officieuse de la philosophie
Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
Agamben
deixis
epistemology
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Heidegger
Lacoue-Labarthe
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title Wallace Stevens : d’une version officieuse de la philosophie
title_short Wallace Stevens : d’une version officieuse de la philosophie
title_full Wallace Stevens : d’une version officieuse de la philosophie
title_fullStr Wallace Stevens : d’une version officieuse de la philosophie
title_full_unstemmed Wallace Stevens : d’une version officieuse de la philosophie
title_sort wallace stevens : d’une version officieuse de la philosophie
publisher Association Française d'Etudes Américaines
series Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
issn 1765-2766
publishDate 2014-02-01
description This paper aims to show that Wallace Stevens’ “unofficial view of being” does not simply convey a sense of the world as it is in the perfect coincidence of imagination and reality. After exploring the connection between Heideggerian ontology and Stevens’ poetry “in times of need”, this paper examines the originating function of Stevens’ poems in light of Agamben’s theorization of deixis and voice, and of the specific role assigned to the syllable. Following Lacoue-Labarthe, I conclude with a discussion of Stevens’ poetry as experience concomittant with the withdrawal of being.
topic Agamben
deixis
epistemology
experience
Heidegger
Lacoue-Labarthe
url http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/6342
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