Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-125) and index.
Consciousness ungrounded : William James and modernist expression -- Relationships in a landscape : Stein's operas and plays and the investigation into modern consciousness -- Language as a blind glass : artistic expression as performance in Stein's Tender buttons -- Stevens' verse plays : the drama of the mind -- Willful illusions : Stevens' poetry and the performance of poetic consciousness.
Stein, Gertrude,1874-1946Views on consciousness
American literature20th centuryHistory and criticism