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Elizabeth Bishop: Poems, Prose, and Letters (LOA #180) by Lloyd Schwartz (2008, Hardcover)

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This is a BRAND NEW dark blue cloth hardcover housed in a cream Slipcase. Still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap; The Library of America "Elizabeth Bishop: Poems, Prose, and Letters." Also included is a 4 page pamphlet that is a synopsis of the Author. Great addition to any collector's library!

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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." Long before a wider public was aware of Bishop's work, her fellow poets expressed astonished admiration of her formal rigor, fiercely observant eye, emotional intimacy, and sometimes eccentric flights of imagination. Today she is recognized as one of America's great poets of the twentieth century. This unprecedented 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 Elizabeth 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 In addition it contains an extensive selection of unpublished poems and drafts of poems (several not previously collected), as well as all her published poetic translations, ranging from a chorus from Aristophanes' The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 also brings together 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 irresistibly engaging and self-revelatory letters. Of the fifty-three letters included here, written between 1933 and 1979, a considerable number are printed for the first time, and all are presented in their entirety. Their recipients include Robert Lowell, Marianne Moore, Randall Jarrell, Anne Stevenson, May Swenson, and Carlos Drummond de Andrade. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

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Publisher
Library of America, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1598530178
ISBN-13
9781598530179
eBay Product ID (ePID)
61649433

Product Key Features

Book Title
Elizabeth Bishop: Poems, Prose, and Letters (Loa #180)
Author
Lloyd Schwartz
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Women Authors, General, American / General
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Poetry, Literary Collections
Number of Pages
975 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
22.9 Oz

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Age Range
18
Lc Classification Number
Ps3503.I785a6 2008
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Reviews
"Bishop was not just a good poet but a great one. She accomplished a magical illumination of the ordinary, forcing us to examine our surroundings with the freshness of a friendly alien."-David Lehman, "Bishop was not just a good poet but a great one. She accomplished a magical illumination of the ordinary, forcing us to examine our surroundings with the freshness of a friendly alien." -David Lehman
Copyright Date
2008
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2007-935885
Dewey Decimal
818/.54
Dewey Edition
22

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