Poems
The Centenary Edition
$46.82
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
15 March 2011
Summary
The definitive centenary edition of the work of one of America’s greatest poets, recognised today as a master of her art and acclaimed by poets and readers alike. Her poems display honesty and humour, grief and acceptance, observing nature and human nature with painstaking accuracy. They often start outwardly, with geography and landscape - from New England and Nova Scotia, where Bishop grew up, to Florida and Brazil, where she later lived - and move inexorably toward the interior, exploring …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780701186289 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0701186283 |
| Author: | Elizabeth Bishop |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Chatto & Windus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 15 March 2011 |
| Weight: | 448g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 154mm x 29mm |
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Critics Review
One of the greatest poets of the twentieth century
One of the greatest poets of the twentieth century – William Boyd * Guardian *When we read her, we enter the classical serenity of a new country – Robert LowellIf ever there was a poet whose every scrap of writing should be in print, that poet must be Elizabeth Bishop – Christopher Reid
About The Author
Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1911 and graduated from Vassar College in 1934. She travelled widely as an adult, living in Paris, Mexico, New York, Florida, and, for more than a decade, Brazil, before returning to the United States. Her work was immediately prized for its distinctive clarity, precision, and depth, and she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award, among others. She died in Boston in 1979.
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