Love unknown : the life and worlds of Elizabeth Bishop
(Book)
Author
Published
[New York, New York] : Viking, [2019].
Format
Book
ISBN
9780525428817, 052542881X
Physical Desc
422 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Published
[New York, New York] : Viking, [2019].
Language
English
ISBN
9780525428817, 052542881X
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Poets of the twentieth century Elizabeth Bishop's friend James Merrill once observed that 'Elizabeth had more talent for life--and for poetry--than anyone else I've known.' This new biography reveals just how she learned to marry her talent for life with her talent for writing in order to create a brilliant array of poems, prose, and letters--a remarkable body of work that would make her one of America's most beloved and celebrated poets. In Love Unknown, Thomas Travisano, founding president of the Elizabeth Bishop Society, tells the story of the famous poet and traveler's life. Bishop moved through extraordinary mid-twentieth century worlds with relationships among an extensive international array of literati, visual artists, musicians, scholars, and politicians--along with a cosmopolitan gay underground that was then nearly invisible to the dominant culture. Drawing on fresh interviews and newly discovered manuscript materials, Travisano illuminates that the 'art of losing' that Bishop celebrated with such poignant irony in her poem 'One Art'--perhaps her most famous--was linked in equal part to an 'art of finding,' Bishop's art and life having been devoted to the sort of encounters and epiphanies that so often appear in her work"--,Provided by publisher.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Bernards Township Library - Adult Nonfiction | 811.54 BISHOP TRA | Available |
Chatham Borough-Chatham Township Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography | BIOG BISHOP TRA | Available |
Florham Park Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography | BIOG BISHOP | Available |
Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Adult Nonfiction - Biography | B BISHOP | Available |
Morris County Library - Adult Nonfiction | 811.54 BIS TRA | Available |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Travisano, T. (2019). Love unknown: the life and worlds of Elizabeth Bishop . Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Travisano, Thomas, 1951-. 2019. Love Unknown: The Life and Worlds of Elizabeth Bishop. Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Travisano, Thomas, 1951-. Love Unknown: The Life and Worlds of Elizabeth Bishop Viking, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Travisano, Thomas. Love Unknown: The Life and Worlds of Elizabeth Bishop Viking, 2019.
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