Flawed light : American women poets and alcohol /
Millier, Brett Candlish.
Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois,
c2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Just a little one" : Dorothy Parker as archetype -- The alchemist : Louise Bogan -- "I must not die of pity" : Edna St. Vincent Millay's addictions -- "Hold to oblivion" : Elinor Wylie's intolerable life -- "Thought's end" : Léonie Adams and the life of the mind -- "Words from the Piazza del Limbo" : Isabella Gardner as fallen woman -- The prodigal : Elizabeth Bishop's exile -- Jean Garrigue.
Women poets, American
Authorship
Women poets, American
Women poets, American
American poetry
American poetry
Alcoholism in literature.