Conversations with Elizabeth Bishop

Conversations with Elizabeth Bishop
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Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages : 198
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ISBN-10 : 0878058729
ISBN-13 : 9780878058723
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Download or read book Conversations with Elizabeth Bishop written by Elizabeth Bishop and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1996 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together almost all of the known interviews Elizabeth Bishop gave over a period of thirty years. Included also are a few selected pieces based on conversations with her. All together they allow her ardent and admiring readers a rewarding, close-up encounter with one of America's great writers. In this collection of conversations Bishop expresses her opinions about various types of poetry, describes her view of the geography of the imagination in the writing process, defends her often criticized feminist views, and discusses her role as teacher and poet. Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) won many prizes for poetry, including a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award. She was graduated from Vassar, where she knew Mary McCarthy. She taught at Harvard, New York University, and the University of Washington and was a long-time resident in Brazil.


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