Full Idea
Wallace Stevens is the greatest philosophical poet of the twentieth century in the English language - full stop - in my humble opinion.
Gist of Idea
Wallace Stevens is the greatest philosophical poet of the twentieth century in English
Source
Simon Critchley (Impossible Objects: interviews [2012], 6)
Book Reference
Critchley,Simon: 'Impossible Objects: interviews' [Politty 2012], p.100
A Reaction
I include this because I tend to agree, and love Stevens. Hear recordings of him reading. I once mentioned Stevens in a conversation with Ted Hughes, and he just shrugged and said Stevens 'wasn't much of a poet'. Wrong.