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37%OFFAnne Stevenson - Five Looks at Elizabeth Bishop - 9781852247256 - V9781852247256
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Five Looks at Elizabeth Bishop

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Description for Five Looks at Elizabeth Bishop Paperback. Represents a view of her work Elizabeth Bishop herself would have recognised and approved. A chronology and a set of maps serve as practical guides to the poet's life and travels. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272. 176 pages, maps. Represents a view of her work Elizabeth Bishop herself would have recognised and approved. A chronology and a set of maps serve as practical guides to the poet's life and travels. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight: 272.
Elizabeth Bishop is one of the greatest and most influential American poets of the 20th century. First published in hardback in 1998, "Five Looks at Elizabeth Bishop" is a highly illuminating reader's guide written by another leading poet, which makes full use of the letters Elizabeth Bishop wrote to Anne Stevenson from Brazil in the 1960s. Anne Stevenson is a major American and British poet who has published many books of poetry, including her "Poems 1955-2005" in 2005. Her other books include "Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath" (1989), the first critical study of "Elizabeth Bishop" (1966), and a ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloodaxe Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852247256
SKU
V9781852247256
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Ref
99-15

About Anne Stevenson
Anne Stevenson (1933-2020) was born in Cambridge, England, of American parents, and grew up in New England and Michigan. She studied music, European literature and history at the University of Michigan, returning later to read English and publishing the first critical study of Elizabeth Bishop. After several transatlantic switches, she settled in Britain in 1964, living in Cambridge, Scotland, Oxford, ... Read more

Reviews for Five Looks at Elizabeth Bishop
A compelling book; patiently and intelligently, Stevenson elucidates and illuminates her subject, relating work and life with exemplary tact. I read it with mounting excitement and, ultimately, gratitude. In a healthy culture, it would be a bestseller.
Lachlan Mackinnon
Thumbscrew
Biography and close reading of Bishop's poems and prose...complement each other in [this study] which must surely ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Five Looks at Elizabeth Bishop


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