Elizabeth Bishop
Subtitle: A Biography of a Poetry
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: May 1993
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780231076630
Subjects: Lesbian studies; Poetry & poets: from c 1900 -; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; English; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Literary; Literary Criticism & Collections / American; 1911-1979; 20th century; Bishop, Elizabeth; Bishop, Elizabeth,; Criticism and interpretation; History; United States; Women and literature
First sentence: A FOOT-LONG book about as thick as a floor-tile started me off on the Brazilian phase of Elizabeth Bishop's life, and so by attaching me to the geography of her middle years, gave me a quirky, midstream entry into the poetry.