UID:
almahu_9949546451102882
Format:
1 online resource (432 p.) :
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11 b-w illus.
ISBN:
9780300265514
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9783110993899
Content:
The first publication of Edna St. Vincent Millay's private, intimate diaries, providing "a candid self-portrait of the 'bad girl of American letters'" (Kirkus Reviews) "Endlessly intriguing and illuminating. The publication of Edna St. Vincent Millay's diaries is a major literary event, providing astonishing insight into the great poet's art and life."-Chloe Honum, author of The Tulip-Flame The English author Thomas Hardy proclaimed that America had two great attractions: the skyscraper, and the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay. In these diaries the great American poet illuminates not only her literary genius, but her life as a devoted daughter, sister, wife, and public heroine; and finally as a solitary, tragic figure. This is the first publication of the diaries she kept from adolescence until middle age, between 1907 and 1949, focused on her most productive years. Who was the girl who wrote "Renascence," that marvel of early twentieth-century poetry? What trauma or spiritual journey inspired the poem? And after such celebrity why did she vanish into near seclusion after 1940? These questions hover over the life and work, and trouble biographers and readers alike. Intimate, eloquent, these confessions and keen observations provide the key to understanding Millay's journey from small-town obscurity to world fame, and the tragedy of her demise.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Foreword --
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Note on the Editorial Method --
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Introduction --
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Finding Her Voice (1907-1910) --
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Vigils with Imaginary Lover (1911) --
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Sweet and Twenty (1912) --
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"Lest We Forget" College in New York (1913) --
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Vassar (1913) --
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Europe (1920-1921) --
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Steepletop (March to May 1927) --
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Steepletop (June to November 1927) --
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Steepletop (1928-1930) And Texas Lecture Tour --
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Steepletop (1933) --
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Europe and England (1934) --
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Steepletop (1934-1935) Also Cuba and Florida --
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The Final Diaries (1938-1949) --
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Notes --
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Acknowledgments --
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Index
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993899
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994810
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993752
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EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110993738
In:
Yale University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110749779
Language:
English
Subjects:
American Studies
Keywords:
Tagebuch
DOI:
10.12987/9780300265514
URL:
https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300265514?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780300265514
