{"product_id":"elizabeth-bishop-poems-prose-and-letters-loa-180-hardcover","title":"Elizabeth Bishop: Poems, Prose, and Letters (Loa #180) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Giroux\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLloyd Schwartz\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Merrill described Elizabeth Bishop's poems as \"more wryly radiant, more touching, more unaffectedly intelligent than any written in our lifetime\" and called her \"our greatest national treasure.\" Robert Lowell said, \"I enjoy her poems more than anybody else's.\" Long before a wider public was aware of Bishop's work, her fellow poets expressed astonished admiration of her formal rigor, fiercely observant eye, emotional intimacy, and sometimes eccentric flights of imagination. Today she is recognized as one of America's great poets of the twentieth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis unprecedented collection offers a full-scale presentation of a writer of startling originality, at once passionate and reticent, adventurous and perfectionist. It presents all the poetry that Elizabeth Bishop published in her lifetime, in such classic volumes as \u003ci\u003eNorth \u0026amp; South, A Cold Spring, Questions of Travel\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGeography III\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition it contains an extensive selection of unpublished poems and drafts of poems (several not previously collected), as well as all her published poetic translations, ranging from a chorus from Aristophanes' \u003ci\u003eThe Birds\u003c\/i\u003e to versions of Brazilian sambas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoems, Prose, and Letters\u003c\/i\u003e also brings together most of her published prose writings, including stories; reminiscences; travel writing about the places (Nova Scotia, Florida, Brazil) that so profoundly marked her poetry; and literary essays and statements, including a number of pieces published here for the first time. The book is rounded out with a selection of Bishop's irresistibly engaging and self-revelatory letters. Of the fifty-three letters included here, written between 1933 and 1979, a considerable number are printed for the first time, and all are presented in their entirety. Their recipients include Robert Lowell, Marianne Moore, Randall Jarrell, Anne Stevenson, May Swenson, and Carlos Drummond de Andrade. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIBRARY OF AMERICA\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Giroux\u003c\/b\u003e, volume co-editor, was chairman of the editorial board of Farrar, Straus and Giroux and Elizabeth Bishop's longtime editor. He edited her \u003ci\u003eCollected Prose\u003c\/i\u003e (1984) and \u003ci\u003eOne Art\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), her selected letters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLloyd Schwartz\u003c\/b\u003e, co-editor, is Frederick S. Troy Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, classical music editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Phoenix\u003c\/i\u003e, and a regular reviewer for NPR's \u003ci\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1994 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. His most recent poetry collection is \u003ci\u003eCairo Traffic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 975\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.22 x 8.05 x 5.97 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 14, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770923352352,"sku":"9781598530179","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5a38d68c23c86415511beeba5973067c.webp?v=1780380842","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/elizabeth-bishop-poems-prose-and-letters-loa-180-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}