"Among the 85 poems in Wallace Stevens' debut are some of his most famous and frequently studied works, including 'Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird,' 'The Emperor of Ice Cream,' and 'Peter Quince at the Clavier.' Although largely ignored upon its 1923 publication, Harmonium is recognized today as an important contribution to Modernism, offering a diverse range of satirical and philosophical lyric works"--
