Elizabeth Bishop's Poetics of Description
Many readers are struck by Elizabeth Bishop's use of clear, striking descriptions of the physical world, and no scholar has ever asked how Bishop's commitment to description shapes her writing and thinking.
This volume contains a long-overdue account of how Elizabeth Bishop's commitment to scrutiny and description shapes her poetry.
Many readers are struck by Elizabeth Bishop's use of clear, striking descriptions of the physical world, and no scholar has ever asked how Bishop's commitment to description shapes her writing and thinking.
Biography of poet Elizabeth Bishop that pieces together the compelling and painful story of her life and traces the writing of her poems.
Biography of poet Elizabeth Bishop that pieces together the compelling and painful story of her life and traces the writing of her poems.
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 …