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Love unknown : the life and worlds of Elizabeth Bishop

Love unknown : the life and worlds of Elizabeth Bishop

Travisano, Thomas, 1951- author.
Book 2019

"Poets of the twentieth century Elizabeth Bishop's friend James Merrill once observed that 'Elizabeth had more talent for life -- and for poetry -- than anyone else I've known.' This new biography reveals just how she learned to marry her talent for life with her talent for writing in order to create a brilliant array of poems, prose, and letters -- a remarkable body of work that would make her one of America's most beloved and celebrated poets....

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Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979
Women poets, American Biography
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ISBN:
9780525428817
052542881X
Description:
422 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Between two worlds
The country mouse
Were we all touched by Midas?
Wading in the mud of the celestial gardens
Walnut Hill
Con spirito
This strange world of travel
The state with the prettiest name
As our kisses are changing
The prodigal
Too many waterfalls
Samambaia
"O Prêmio Pulitzer!"
Apartment in Leme
No coffee can wake you
Breakfast song
The rainbow-bird
Coda : all the untidy activity continues
LCCN:
2019016018
Control Number:
2817829
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