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Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay was born in 1892 in Rockland, Maine, the eldest of three daughters, and was encouraged by her mother to develop her talents for music and poetry. Her long p...показать большеEdna St. Vincent Millay was born in 1892 in Rockland, Maine, the eldest of three daughters, and was encouraged by her mother to develop her talents for music and poetry. Her long poem "Renascence" won critical attention in an anthology contest in 1912 and secured for her a patron who enabled her to go to Vassar College.
After graduating in 1917 she lived in Greenwich Village in New York for a few years, acting, writing satirical pieces for journals (usually under a pseudonym), and continuing to work at her poetry. She traveled in Europe throughout 1921-22 as a "foreign correspondent" for Vanity Fair. Her collection A Few Figs from Thistles (1920) gained her a reputation for hedonistic wit and cynicism, but her other collections (including the earlier Renascence and Other Poems [1917]) are without exception more seriously passionate or reflective.
In 1923 she married Eugene Boissevain and -- after further travel -- embarked on a series of reading tours which helped to consolidate her nationwide renown. From 1925 onwards she lived at Steepletop, a farmstead in Austerlitz, New York, where her husband protected her from all responsibilities except her creative work. Often involved in feminist or political causes (including the Sacco-Vanzetti case of 1927), she turned to writing anti-fascist propaganda poetry in 1940 and further damaged a reputation already in decline. In her last years of her life she became more withdrawn and isolated, and her health, which had never been robust, became increasingly poor.
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Книги автора Edna St. Vincent Millay
First Fig and Other Poems A Few Figs from Thistles Рейтинг: 4 из 5 звезд4/5Poems: "Not truth, but faith, it is that keeps the world alive" Рейтинг: 0 из 5 звезд0 оценокA Few Figs from Thistles: The Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay Рейтинг: 4 из 5 звезд4/5The Edna St. Vincent Millay Collection Рейтинг: 0 из 5 звезд0 оценокThe Little Ghost - And Other Poems on Grief and Healing Рейтинг: 0 из 5 звезд0 оценокEarly Poems Рейтинг: 0 из 5 звезд0 оценокSecond April Рейтинг: 4 из 5 звезд4/5Renascence and Other Poems Рейтинг: 4 из 5 звезд4/5Afternoon on a Hill - Love Letters to Nature Рейтинг: 0 из 5 звезд0 оценок
Аудиокниги автора Edna St. Vincent Millay
Recuerdo Рейтинг: 0 из 5 звезд0 оценокThe Ballad of the Harp-Weaver Рейтинг: 0 из 5 звезд0 оценокA Few Figs from Thistles Рейтинг: 5 из 5 звезд5/5Second April Рейтинг: 0 из 5 звезд0 оценокRenascence and Other Poems Рейтинг: 4 из 5 звезд4/5Voices of Poetry, Volume 2 Рейтинг: 5 из 5 звезд5/5The Singing-Woman from the Wood's Edge Рейтинг: 0 из 5 звезд0 оценок