Early Poems

by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Book Overview

Millay's first three books of lyrics and sonnets are collected here: Renascence, Second April, and A Few Figs from Thistles. With a balanced and appreciative introduction and useful annotations, this volume presents some of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's best work in which she weaves intellect, emotion, and irony.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141180544
• ISBN13: 9780141180540
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

The Best of Edna Millay - with wonderful commentary!

A very fine presentation of the early work of Edna St. Vincent Millay, one of our finest American poets. I find her work to be in a class of its own, reaching out to the human spirit.The presentation in this book of her first three published works really exposes the reader to Millay at the top of her form. For me, the notes and commentary of Editor Holly Peppe helped greatly. Dr. Peppe's analysis is extremely readable and shows a wonderful understanding of her subject. In her introduction Holly Peppe gives an excellent overview of Ms. Millay's life as well as her art. And I found her notes in this book on Millay's writing to be interesting and insightful. HIGHLY recommended!

It's an important and lovely book.

This book is a lovely way to return to Edna St. Vincent Millay's early radiant poetry or to read it for the first time. Editor Holly Peppe's important and knowlegable introduction answers many lingering questions about Millay's place as a poet, her experience as a woman, and her originality as an artist. Highly recommended!