Poems, prose, and letters / Elizabeth Bishop

By:

Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: The library of America ; 180Publication details: New York : Library of America : Distributed in the U.S. by Penguin Putnam, 2008.Description: xvii, 979p. ; 21cmISBN:

9781598530179 (hbk.)
1598530178 (hbk.)

Uniform titles:

Works. Selections. 2008

Subject(s):

Women and literature -- United States -- 20th century

Contents:

North & south -- A cold spring -- Questions of travel -- From The complete poems -- Geography III -- Late poems -- Uncollected poems -- Unpublished poems and drafts -- Translations from The birds / Aristophanes -- Personal essays, reminiscences, and reporting -- Stories -- Literary statements and reviews -- Letters

Summary: "James Merrill described Elizabeth Bishop's poems as "more wryly radiant, more touching, more unaffectedly intelligent than any written in our lifetime" and called her "our greatest national treasure." Robert Lowell said, "I enjoy her poems more than anybody else's."" "This collection offers a full-scale presentation of a writer of startling originality, at once passionate and reticent, adventurous and perfectionist. It presents all the poetry that Bishop published in her lifetime, in such classic volumes as North & South, A Cold Spring, Questions of Travel, and Geography III. In addition it contains an extensive selection of unpublished poems and drafts of poems (several not previously collected), as well as all her published poetic translations, ranging from a chorus from Aristophanes' The Birds to versions of Brazilian sambas." "Poems, Prose, and Letters brings together as well most of her published prose writings, including stories; reminiscences; travel writing about the places (Nova Scotia, Florida, Brazil) that so profoundly marked her poetry; and literary essays and statements, including a number of pieces published here for the first time. The book is rounded out with a selection of Bishop's engaging and self-revelatory letters. Of the 53 letters included here, written between 1933 and 1979, a considerable number are printed for the first time, and all are presented in their entirety."--BOOK JACKET

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	MAIN LIBRARY Main Library American Corner Collection	MAIN LIBRARY Main Library American Corner Collection	PS3503 . I785A6 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		1000375246
Book	MAIN LIBRARY Main Library General Collection	MAIN LIBRARY Main Library General Collection	PS3503 . I785A6 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		1000331216

"Robert Giroux & Lloyd Schwartz selected the contents and wrote the notes for this volume"--P. [vii]

Includes indexes.

"James Merrill described Elizabeth Bishop's poems as "more wryly radiant, more touching, more unaffectedly intelligent than any written in our lifetime" and called her "our greatest national treasure." Robert Lowell said, "I enjoy her poems more than anybody else's."" "This collection offers a full-scale presentation of a writer of startling originality, at once passionate and reticent, adventurous and perfectionist. It presents all the poetry that Bishop published in her lifetime, in such classic volumes as North & South, A Cold Spring, Questions of Travel, and Geography III. In addition it contains an extensive selection of unpublished poems and drafts of poems (several not previously collected), as well as all her published poetic translations, ranging from a chorus from Aristophanes' The Birds to versions of Brazilian sambas." "Poems, Prose, and Letters brings together as well most of her published prose writings, including stories; reminiscences; travel writing about the places (Nova Scotia, Florida, Brazil) that so profoundly marked her poetry; and literary essays and statements, including a number of pieces published here for the first time. The book is rounded out with a selection of Bishop's engaging and self-revelatory letters. Of the 53 letters included here, written between 1933 and 1979, a considerable number are printed for the first time, and all are presented in their entirety."--BOOK JACKET

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