An indispensable collection of the groundbreaking poet's most masterful and innovative work, celebrating a bold early voice of female liberation, independence, and queer sexuality-featuring a new introduction by poet Olivia Gatwood, author of Life of the Party Edna St. Vincent Millay defined a generation as one of the most critically acclaimed poets of the Modernist era. Her work pushed boundaries within the literary canon for its lyrical expression of female embodiment and progressive feminist politics, and she was honored as only the third woman to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.…mehr
An indispensable collection of the groundbreaking poet's most masterful and innovative work, celebrating a bold early voice of female liberation, independence, and queer sexuality-featuring a new introduction by poet Olivia Gatwood, author of Life of the Party Edna St. Vincent Millay defined a generation as one of the most critically acclaimed poets of the Modernist era. Her work pushed boundaries within the literary canon for its lyrical expression of female embodiment and progressive feminist politics, and she was honored as only the third woman to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. The Selected Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay demonstrates Millay's legacy and influence on contemporary poetry. Sometimes satirical, often sharp, and always striking, the poems in this collection span Millay's remarkable career, from the success of Renascence and Other Poems to the sting of A Few Figs from Thistles, and Second April, as well as "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver" and eight sonnets from the early twenties. Millay's incandescent poetry continues to inspire today as broadly and deeply as during her lifetime. The Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spirit of resistance. AMERICAN INDIAN STORIES • THE AWAKENING • THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY • THE HEADS OF CERBERUS • LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET • LOVE, ANGER, MADNESS • PASSING • THE TRANSFORMATION OF PHILIP JETTAN • VILLETTE • THERE IS CONFUSION • THE SELECTED POEMS OF EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY
Edna St. Vincent Millay was born in Maine in 1892 and died in New York in 1950. A popular poet and playwright, she was also known for her unconventional lifestyle and her many love affairs. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923, and in 1943 she was awarded the Frost Medal for her lifetime contribution to American poetry. Nancy Milford is the author of Savage Beauty, an iconic portrait of the extraordinary private life of Edna St. Vincent Millay. Her previous book, Zelda, was a number one New York Times bestseller and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. She lives in New York City.
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Biographical Note Introduction by Nancy Milford RENASCENCE AND OTHER POEMS Renascence Interim The Suicide God’s World Afternoon on a Hill Sorrow Tavern Ashes of Life The Little Ghost King to Sorrow Three Songs of Shattering I.The first rose on my rose-tree II.Let the little birds sing III.All the dog-wood blossoms are underneath the tree! The Shroud The Dream Indifference Witch-Wife Blight When the Year Grows Old Sonnets I.Thou art not lovelier than lilacs,--no II.Time does not bring relief; you all have lied III.Mindful of you the sodden earth in spring IV.Not in this chamber only at my birth V.If I should learn, in some quite casual way VI.Bluebeard A FEW FIGS FROM THISTLES First Fig Second Fig Recuerdo Thursday To the Not Impossible Him MacDougal Street The Singing Woman from the Wood’s Edge She Is Overheard Singing The Prisoner The Unexplorer Grown-up The Penitent Daphne Portrait by a Neighbor Midnight Oil The Merry Maid To Kathleen To S.M. The Philosopher Sonnets I.Love, though for this you riddle me with darts II.I think I should have loved you presently III.Oh, think not I am faithful to a vow! IV.I shall forget you presently, my dear SECOND APRIL Spring City Trees The Blue-Flag in the Bog Journey Eel-Grass Elegy Before Death The Bean-Stalk Weeds Passer Mortuus Est Pastoral Assault Travel Low-Tide Song of a Second April Rosemary The Poet and his Book Alms Inland To a Poet that Died Young Wraith Ebb Elaine Burial Mariposa The Little Hill Doubt No More that Oberon Lament Exiled The Death of Autumn Ode to Silence Memorial to D.C. Epitaph Prayer to Persephone Chorus Elegy Dirge Sonnets I.We talk of taxes, and I call you friend II.Into the golden vessel of great song III.Not with libations, but with shouts and laughter IV.Only until this cigarette is ended V.Once more into my arid days like dew VI.No rose that in a garden ever grew VII.When I too long have looked upon your face VIII.And you as well must die, beloved dust IX.Let you not say of me, when I am old X.Oh, my beloved, have you thought of this XI.As to some lovely temple, tenantless XII.Cherish you then the hope I shall forget Wild Swans SONNETS AND THE BALLAD OF THE HARP-WEAVER Sonnets When you, that at this moment are to me I know I am but summer to your heart Oh, oh, you will be sorry for that word! Here is a wound that never will heal, I know Say what you will, and scratch my heart to find What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why Euclid along has looked on Beauty bare The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver Indices
Biographical Note Introduction by Nancy Milford RENASCENCE AND OTHER POEMS Renascence Interim The Suicide God’s World Afternoon on a Hill Sorrow Tavern Ashes of Life The Little Ghost King to Sorrow Three Songs of Shattering I.The first rose on my rose-tree II.Let the little birds sing III.All the dog-wood blossoms are underneath the tree! The Shroud The Dream Indifference Witch-Wife Blight When the Year Grows Old Sonnets I.Thou art not lovelier than lilacs,--no II.Time does not bring relief; you all have lied III.Mindful of you the sodden earth in spring IV.Not in this chamber only at my birth V.If I should learn, in some quite casual way VI.Bluebeard A FEW FIGS FROM THISTLES First Fig Second Fig Recuerdo Thursday To the Not Impossible Him MacDougal Street The Singing Woman from the Wood’s Edge She Is Overheard Singing The Prisoner The Unexplorer Grown-up The Penitent Daphne Portrait by a Neighbor Midnight Oil The Merry Maid To Kathleen To S.M. The Philosopher Sonnets I.Love, though for this you riddle me with darts II.I think I should have loved you presently III.Oh, think not I am faithful to a vow! IV.I shall forget you presently, my dear SECOND APRIL Spring City Trees The Blue-Flag in the Bog Journey Eel-Grass Elegy Before Death The Bean-Stalk Weeds Passer Mortuus Est Pastoral Assault Travel Low-Tide Song of a Second April Rosemary The Poet and his Book Alms Inland To a Poet that Died Young Wraith Ebb Elaine Burial Mariposa The Little Hill Doubt No More that Oberon Lament Exiled The Death of Autumn Ode to Silence Memorial to D.C. Epitaph Prayer to Persephone Chorus Elegy Dirge Sonnets I.We talk of taxes, and I call you friend II.Into the golden vessel of great song III.Not with libations, but with shouts and laughter IV.Only until this cigarette is ended V.Once more into my arid days like dew VI.No rose that in a garden ever grew VII.When I too long have looked upon your face VIII.And you as well must die, beloved dust IX.Let you not say of me, when I am old X.Oh, my beloved, have you thought of this XI.As to some lovely temple, tenantless XII.Cherish you then the hope I shall forget Wild Swans SONNETS AND THE BALLAD OF THE HARP-WEAVER Sonnets When you, that at this moment are to me I know I am but summer to your heart Oh, oh, you will be sorry for that word! Here is a wound that never will heal, I know Say what you will, and scratch my heart to find What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why Euclid along has looked on Beauty bare The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver Indices
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