The Selected Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay
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The Selected Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Edna St Vincent Millay
An indispensablecollectionofthe groundbreaking poet's most masterful and innovative work, celebrating a bold early voiceoffemale liberation, independence, and queer sexuality-featuring a new introduction by poet Olivia Gatwood, authorofLifeofthe PartyEdnaSt.VincentMillaydefined a generation as oneofthe most critically acclaimed poetsofthe Modernist era. Her work pushed boundaries within the literary canon for its lyrical expressionoffemale embodiment and progressive feminist politics, and she was honored as only the third woman to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize forPoetry.
The SelectedPoetryofEdnaSt.VincentMillaydemonstratesMillay's legacy and influence on contemporarypoetry. Sometimes satirical,often sharp, and always striking, the poems in this collection spanMillay's remarkable career, fromthe successofRenascence and Other Poemsto the stingofA Few Figs from Thistles,andSecond April, as well as "The Balladofthe Harp-Weaver" and eight sonnets from the early twenties.Millay's incandescentpoetrycontinues to inspire today as broadly and deeply as during her lifetime.
The Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spiritofresistance.
AMERICAN INDIAN STORIES .THE AWAKENING . THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY .THE HEADS OF CERBERUS . LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET .LOVE, ANGER, MADNESS .PASSING .THE TRANSFORMATION OF PHILIP JETTAN .VILLETTE . THERE IS CONFUSION . THE SELECTED POEMS OF EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY
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| ISBN 13 | 9780375761232 |
| ISBN 10 | 0375761233 |
| Title | The Selected Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay |
| Author | Edna St Vincent Millay |
| Series | Modern Library Torchbearers |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2002-09-10 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
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