Edna St. Vincent Millay: Selected Poems by Edna St Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay: Selected Poems by Edna St Vincent Millay

Praised by poets and critics ranging from A. E. Housman and Thomas Hardy to Edmund Wilson, Edna St. Vincent Millay's bold, exquisite poems take their place among the enduring verse of the twentieth century

Claiming a lyric tradition stretching back to Sappho and Catullus and making it very much her own, Millay won over her contemporaries--and readers ever since--with her passion, erotic candor, formal elegance, and often mischievous wit. J. D. McClatchy's introduction and selections offer new and surprising insights into Millay's achievement.

Included are her most beloved and justly admired poems, such as the wry bohemian anthem Recuerdo and the sonnet sequence Fatal Interview, the poetic record of a love affair that is presented in its entirety. McClatchy has also chosen works that extend our sense of Millay's range: translations, her play Aria da Capo, and excerpts from her libretto The King's Henchman.

I have for the most part been guided by my taste for Millay at her tautest and truest, writes McClatchy. There are precise and resonant images everywhere.

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ISBN 13	9781931082358
ISBN 10	1931082359
Title	Edna St. Vincent Millay: Selected Poems
Author	Edna St Vincent Millay
Series	American Poets Project
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	The Library of America
Year published	2003-01-27
Number of pages	231
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