The Interplay of the Sacred and the Mundane: Spirituality in Wallace Stevens’s Harmonium

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Wallace Stevens, a towering figure in modernist poetry, is celebrated for his sophisticated exploration of spirituality and the sacred. His oeuvre, marked by a dynamic interplay between imagination and reality, ventured into the metaphysical with a distinctly modernist flair. Stevens’s poetry confronts the complexities of human experience and the evolving perceptions of divinity in the early 20th century. By redefining traditional religious paradigms, Stevens crafts a vision of the divine that is profoundly intimate and reflective of the broader modernist poetry. His poetry, particularly the 1923 collection Harmonium, represents a radical departure from traditional religious frameworks, crafting a secular yet deeply resonant vision of the divine. Harmonium is a landmark in modernist literature, where Stevens deftly interweaves imagination and reality, challenging and redefining notions of spirituality within the context of a rapidly changing world. This research paper interrogates the complex interplay between the material and the metaphysical in Harmonium, exploring how Stevens uncovers the sacred within the quotidian and emphasizes the transformative power of the poetic imagination.