The Selected Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Edna St Vincent Millay

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 Party

EdnaSt.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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