Elizabeth Bishop

图书标准信息

• 作者 Robert、Lloyd Schwartz 著
• 出版社 penguin
• 出版时间 2008-02
• ISBN 9781598530179
• 定价 295.80元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 979页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Library of America （Hardcover）

【内容简介】

RobertGirouxandLloydSchwartz,editors

JamesMerrilldescribedElizabethBishop'spoemsas"morewrylyradiant,moretouching,moreunaffectedlyintelligentthananywritteninourlifetime"andcalledher"ourgreatestnationaltreasure."RobertLowellsaid,"Ienjoyherpoemsmorethananybodyelse's."LongbeforeawiderpublicwasawareofBishop'swork,herfellowpoetsexpressedastonishedadmirationofherformalrigor,fiercelyobservanteye,emotionalintimacy,andsometimeseccentricflightsofimagination.TodaysheisrecognizedasoneofAmerica'sgreatpoetsofthe20thcentury.Thisunprecedentedcollectionoffersafull-scalepresentationofawriterofstartlingoriginality,atoncepassionateandreticent,adventurousandperfectionist.ItpresentsallthepoetrythatBishoppublishedinherlifetime,insuchclassicvolumesasNorth&South,AColdSpring,QuestionsofTravel,andGeographyIII.Inadditionitcontainsanextensiveselectionofun_publishedpoemsanddraftsofpoems(severalnotpreviouslycollected),aswellasallherpublishedpoetictranslations,rangingfromachorusfromAristophanes'TheBirdstoversionsofBraziliansambas.

Poems,Prose,andLettersbringstogetheraswellmostofherpublishedprosewritings,includingstories;reminiscences;travelwritingabouttheplaces(NovaScotia,Florida,Brazil)thatsoprofoundlymarkedherpoetry;andliteraryessaysandstatements,includinganumberofpiecespublishedhereforthefirsttime.ThebookisroundedoutwithaselectionofBishop'sirresistiblyengagingandself-revelatoryletters.Ofthe53lettersincludedhere,writtenbetween1933and1979,aconsiderablenumberareprintedforthefirsttime,andallarepresentedintheirentirety.TheirrecipientsincludeRobertLowell,MarianneMoore,RandallJarrell,AnneStevenson,MaySwenson,andCarlosDrummonddeAndrade.