The Cambridge companion to Elizabeth Bishop

The Cambridge companion to Elizabeth Bishop / edited by Angus Cleghorn, Seneca College, Jonathan Ellis, University of Sheffield.

Elizabeth Bishop is increasingly recognized as one of the twentieth century's most important and original poets. Initially celebrated for the minute detail of her descriptions, what John Ashbery memorably called her 'thinginess', Bishop's reputation has risen dramatically since h...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Cleghorn, Angus J. (Editor), Ellis, Jonathan, 1975- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Series:Cambridge companions to literature.
Subjects:
Bishop, Elizabeth, > 1911-1979 > Criticism and interpretation.
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Online Access:Click to view e-book
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Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction Angus Cleghorn and Jonathan Ellis
  • Part I. Contexts and Issues: 1. Bishop and biography Thomas Travisano
  • 2. Bishop, history, and politics Steven Gould Axelrod
  • 3. Bishop: race, class, and gender Kirstin Hotelling Zona
  • 4. Bishop and the natural world Susan Rosenbaum
  • 5. Bishop and the poetic tradition Bonnie Costello
  • Part II. Major Works: 6. In the village: Bishop and Nova Scotia Sandra Barry
  • 7. Becoming a poet: from north to south Bethany Hicok
  • 8. Home, wherever that may be: poems and prose of Brazil Barbara Page
  • 9. Back to Boston: Geography III and other late poems Lloyd Schwartz
  • 10. Bishop's correspondence Siobhan Phillips
  • 11. Bishop and visual art Peggy Samuels
  • 12. Bishop's posthumous publications Lorrie Goldensohn.

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