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1media/T.S. Eliot - 1938.png2018-10-16T21:09:34-07:00Emily MN Kugler98290aa17be4166538e04751b7eb57a9fe5c26a2312645Notes based on Stevens Chapter 6visual_path2020-09-10T14:14:47-07:00Emily MN Kugler98290aa17be4166538e04751b7eb57a9fe5c26a2
Formalism
Stevens groups many different theories and theorists together in this chapter. Not all of these people agree with each other. Some clearly build from others, while others do not seem to be in dialogue with anyone else in the chapter. One thing that connects all these different schools of thought, though, is a concern with form: "The range of approaches I'm [Stevens] calling 'Formalist' here are united by an interest in literary form and literary language" (136).
