Selected Poems of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton

Selected Poems of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton, the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction with her novel The Age of Innocence, was also a brilliant poet. This revealing collection of 134 poems brings together a fascinating array of her verse--including fifty poems that have never before been published.

The celebrated American novelist and short story writer Edith Wharton, author of The House of Mirth, Ethan Frome, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Age of Innocence, was also a dedicated, passionate poet. A lover of words, she read, studied, and composed poetry all of her life, publishing her first collection of poems at the age of sixteen. In her memoir, A Backward Glance, Wharton declared herself dazzled by poetry; she called it her "chiefest passion and greatest joy."

The 134 selected poems in this volume include fifty published for the first time. Wharton's poetry is arranged thematically, offering context as the poems explore new facets of her literary ability and character. These works illuminate a richer, sometimes darker side of Wharton. Her subjects range from the public and political--her first published poem was about a boy who hanged himself in jail--to intimate lyric poems expressing heartbreak, loss, and mortality. She wrote frequently about works of art and historical figures and places, and some of her most striking work explores the origins of creativity itself.

These selected poems showcase Wharton's vivid imagination and her personal experience. Relatively overlooked until now, her poetry and its importance in her life provide an enlightening lens through which to view one of the finest writers of the twentieth century.

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ISBN 13	9781501182839
ISBN 10	1501182838
Titel	Selected Poems of Edith Wharton
Autor	Irene Goldmanprice
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Scribner Book Company
Erscheinungsjahr	2019-07-09
Seitenanzahl	352
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