| «In Worcester, Massachusetts»- Essays on Elizabeth Bishop: From the 1997 Elizabeth Bishop Conference at WPI Contributor(s): Schachterle, Lance (Editor), Menides, Laura Jehn (Editor), Dorenkamp, Angela G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 082044149X ISBN-13: 9780820441498 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $43.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 98-46159 |
| Series: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Studies in Science, Technolo |
| Physical Information: 361 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: -"In Worcester, Massachusetts-: Essays on Elizabeth Bishop" reflects the growing interest in the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979). The thirty-four contributors to the volume - scholars, creative writers, poets, translators, and biographers - offer essays on a fascinating array of topics: Bishop's crucial and troubled relationship with her birthplace, Worcester, Massachusetts; Bishop as translator and translated; her poetics, travels, and sexual and racial politics; her paintings; her manuscripts and methods of composition; and her place in the canon of American literature." |