The Body and the Song: Elizabeth Bishop's Poetics

by Marilyn May Lombardi and Marilyn May Lonbardi

In this original contribution to Elizabeth Bishop studies, Marilyn May Lombardi uses previously unpublished materials (letters, diaries, notebooks, and unfinished poems) to shed new light on the poet's published work. She explores the ways Bishop's lesbianism, alcoholism, allergic illnesses, and fear of mental instability affected her poetry--the ways she translated her bodily experiences into poetic form.

A cornerstone of The Body...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809318857
• ISBN13: 9780809318858
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"