Summary
A Boston Globe Best Poetry Book of 2011
This is the definitive edition of the work of one of America’s greatest poets, increasingly recognized as one of the greatest English-language poets of the twentieth century, loved by readers and poets alike. Bishop’s poems combine humor and sadness, pain and acceptance, and observe nature and lives in perfect miniaturist close-up. The themes central to her poetry are geography and landscape–from New England, where she grew up, to Brazi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780374532369 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0374532362 |
| Author: | Elizabeth Bishop |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2011 |
| Weight: | 544g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 150mm x 224mm |
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Critics Review
“Bishop was not just a good poet but a great one. Bishop accomplished a magical illumination of the ordinary, forcing us to examine our surroundings with the freshness of a friendly alien.” –DAVID LEHMAN, Newsweek
Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-79) won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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