A Note on the Text and Abbreviations 1
Stevens as a Man and a Poet 1
1．Early Life 1
2．To Be a Poet 15
3．Coleridgean Legacy in Stevens 25
4．Imagination as Value 47
5．Poetry is a Means of Redemption 130
6．Poetry is the Supreme Fiction 160
7．Stevens and China 217
Notes 243
Bibliography 261
Appendix 276