Elizabeth Bishop : life and the memory of it

Author(s)

• Millier, Brett C.

Bibliographic Information

Elizabeth Bishop : life and the memory of it

Brett C. Millier

University of California Press, c1993

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 573-581

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780520079786

Description

Elizabeth Bishop dedicated her poetry to telling "what really happened", yet, often characterized as "reticent" in both her person and her work, Bishop fought hard to conceal the details of her own frequently harrowing life. In the first full biography of the poet, Brett Millier pieces together the compelling and painful story of Bishop's life and traces the writing of her poems. Millier consulted all available archival materials as well as additional letters and documents and interviewed many of Bishop's friends, students and colleagues. She sheds light on each major poem, weaving the poetry and the life together.

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780520203457

Description

Elizabeth Bishop dedicated her poetry to telling 'what really happened'. Yet what really happened in the life on one of the twentieth century's finest and most beloved American poets has eluded readers for years. In this first full biography, Brett Miller pieces together the compelling and painful story of Bishop's life and traces the writing of her brilliantly crafted poems.

Table of Contents

PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I THE SCREAM 1911-I930 2 "THE HIGHER TYPES" 1930-1934 3 THE U.S.A. SCHOOL OF WRITING 1934-1935 4 "EVERYTHING CONNECTED ONLY BY 'AND' AND 'AND'" 1935-1936 5 PITY SUCH SORROW 1937 6 "WELL, WE HAVE COME THIS FAR." 1938-1940 7 NORTH & SOUTH 1941-1946 8 "PLOUGHING THROUGH LIFE ALONE" 1947-1949 9 THE INDRAWN YES 1949-1951 IO BRAZIL 1951-1952 II "A DELUXE NOVA SCOTIA" 1952-1956 12 "SOBRIETY & GAYETY & PATIENCE & TOUGHNESS" 1956-1960 I3 AT WHAT ... COST IN NERVOUS ENERGY? 1961-1963 14 "THERE IS NO RAILROAD NAMED DELIGHT." 1964-1965 15 THE ART OF LOSING 1966-1967 16 A TOTALLY WASTED STRETCH 1968-1970 I7 CRUSOE IN ENGLAND 1970-1971 18 "HALF GROAN, HALF ACCEPTANCE" 1972 19 ON THE WAY BACK 1973-1976 20 NORTH HAVEN 1977-1979 NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX Illustrations

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Details

• NCID: BA20972042
• ISBN:
  • 0520079787
  • 0520203453
• LCCN: 92008548
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Berkeley
• Pages/Volumes: xvii, 602 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PS3503.I785
  • DC20 : 811/.54
  • DC20 : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979
  • LCSH : Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography