Description
| Product ID: | 9781108495974 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Literature in Context |
| Title: | Elizabeth Bishop in Context |
| Authors: | Author: Angus Cleghorn, Jonathan Ellis |
| Page Count: | 400 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, North America, English |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Situating Elizabeth Bishop's writing within a range of biographical, historical, literary and philosophical contexts, including the reception of her work and its continuing influence on contemporary poetry, this book will be a vital resource for students and scholars of twentieth-century American, Canadian and Pan American literature. Elizabeth Bishop is increasingly recognised as one of the twentieth century''s most original writers. Consisting of thirty-five ground-breaking essays by an international team of authors, including biographers, literary critics, poets and translators, this volume addresses the biographical and literary inception of Bishop''s originality, from her formative upbringing in New England and Nova Scotia to long residences in New York, France, Florida and Brazil. Her poetry, prose, letters, translations and visual art are analysed in turn, followed by detailed studies of literary movements such as surrealism and modernism that influenced her artistic development. Bishop''s encounters with nature, music, psychoanalysis and religion receive extended treatment, likewise her interest in dreams and humour. Essays also investigate the impact of twentieth-century history and politics on Bishop''s life writing, and what it means to read Bishop via eco-criticism, postcolonial theory and queer studies. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-08-26 |