Words in air : the complete correspondence between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell
Bishop, Elizabeth , 1911-1979
Words in air : the complete correspondence between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell / edited by Thomas Travisano, with Saskia Hamilton - 1st ed - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2008. - xli, 875 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Letter writing has a longstanding, highly regarded reputation for personal revelation, as exemplified by this collection of the vivid, spirited, spontaneous letters of poets Elizabeth Bishop (1911-79) and Robert Lowell (1917-77). Their letters over three decades explore both their outer public and their private inner lives. Yet neither strives to create literary expression in the letters; instead, readers clearly see the give and take of real friendship. Authenticity is ever present-and is especially pointed when either poet is making an observation on the poetry of the other. Their connection-in spite of disappointments, differences, and bouts of depression-was never in jeopardy. In one letter, Bishop comments that Lowell sounds lively as a cricket. The reading world should offer up a chorus of lively cricket sounds, a singing of hosannas for the poetry of Bishop and Lowell that benefited immensely from their shared life through letters-and also for the letters alone. They remain fresh and memorable after 30 years of enduring wit and wisdom.
9780374185435
2008008919
Bishop, Elizabeth , 1911-1979
Lowell, Robert , 1917-1977
Poets, American----20th century----Correspondence
PS3503.I785 / Z49 2008
92 BIS
Words in air : the complete correspondence between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell / edited by Thomas Travisano, with Saskia Hamilton - 1st ed - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2008. - xli, 875 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Letter writing has a longstanding, highly regarded reputation for personal revelation, as exemplified by this collection of the vivid, spirited, spontaneous letters of poets Elizabeth Bishop (1911-79) and Robert Lowell (1917-77). Their letters over three decades explore both their outer public and their private inner lives. Yet neither strives to create literary expression in the letters; instead, readers clearly see the give and take of real friendship. Authenticity is ever present-and is especially pointed when either poet is making an observation on the poetry of the other. Their connection-in spite of disappointments, differences, and bouts of depression-was never in jeopardy. In one letter, Bishop comments that Lowell sounds lively as a cricket. The reading world should offer up a chorus of lively cricket sounds, a singing of hosannas for the poetry of Bishop and Lowell that benefited immensely from their shared life through letters-and also for the letters alone. They remain fresh and memorable after 30 years of enduring wit and wisdom.
9780374185435
2008008919
Bishop, Elizabeth , 1911-1979
Lowell, Robert , 1917-1977
Poets, American----20th century----Correspondence
PS3503.I785 / Z49 2008
92 BIS
info@labibliotecapublica.org | 