Create a 6 page essay paper that discusses Wallace Stevens biography.Download file to see previous pages... When he joined high school, Stevens stood out as a prominent student. He always scored high

Create a 6 page essay paper that discusses Wallace Stevens biography.

When he joined high school, Stevens stood out as a prominent student. He always scored high marks and distinguished himself as a skillful and dedicated orator. He showed indications of being a writer by reporting for the newspaper of the school. After accomplishing his studies in Reading, Stevens joined Harvard University where he continued with his literary work. While pursuing his studies at Harvard, his father encouraged him to devote more time to the literary aspects of the institution. He frequently wrote for the Harvard Advocate and received all the school’s honors for being an exemplary writer (Grey 74). In the year 1899, he joined the Advocate’s rival publication editorial board, and within less than a year, he became the board’s president and an editor. By this time, he had published poems in both the Monthly and the Advocate, and as an editor he wrote stories and literary sketches. He gained recognition on campus as a multi-talented writer. His campus life at Harvard ended in 1900 when his parents lacked money to pay his university fees. Stevens was not discouraged when he left Harvard. He decided to work as a journalist and within a short while he started working for the New York Evening Post as a reporter. This job provided him with the chance to discover more concerning the New York City. He explored various areas on a daily basis and recorded his findings in a journal. He attended musical and theatrical productions in the evenings or sat in his room drafting plays or writing poems. Stevens got tired of this life and asked his father on the possibility of abandoning the position as a reporter to dedicate his time to literature. However, his father who was a lover of literature, asked his son to stop writing and begin his law studies. Stevens later joined New York Law School and graduated in the year 1903. On his trip back to Reading in the year 1904, Stevens met Elsie Viola Kachel, a young lady who had worked as a milliner, stenographer, and a saleswoman. In spite of his parents’ objections, Stevens married Elsie in the year 1909 after courting for about five years. Stevens’s parents considered Elsie as a lower class and did not want him to associate with people who were not of his class. Stevens was unhappy about the arguments of his parents, and after a wedding with Elsie which his parents did not attend, he never spoke or visited his parents when his father was still alive. Stevens practiced law in the New York City while writing poetry at the same time. In the year 1908, he was employed by the American Bonding Company as its lawyer. He became the vice president of the Equitable Surety Company in New York in 1914. When he lost this job in the year 1916 as a result of mergers, he joined Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company (Vendler 45). Stevens left New York City and moved to Hartford where he lived with his wife their entire life. Stevens’s literature work was evident in the year 1914 when his poetry was published by the Poetry magazine for the very first time. He became friends with other poets in New York such as William Carlos Williams and Marianne Moore. While in Hartford, Stevens worked hard to improve on his poetry work, he spent most of the nights, weekends and vacations writing. In 1923, his first book in poetry was published by Alfred A. Knopf firm.