One of America's best-loved poets, Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) burst onto the literary scene at a very young age and won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923. Her passionate lyrics and superbly crafted sonnets have thrilled generations of readers long after the notoriously bohemian lifestyle she led in Greenwich Village in the 1920s ceased to shock them. Millay's refreshing frankness and cynicism and her ardent appetite for life still burn brightly on the page more than half a century after her death.
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This volume includes her early poems that many consider her best - 'Renascence' and 'The Ballad of the Harp Weaver' among them - as well as favourites such as 'What lips my lips have kissed' and 'First Fig' ("My candle burns at both ends ..."). The poet's most famous verse drama, the one-act anti-war fable Aria da Capo, is included here as well.
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Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 - October 19, 1950) was an American lyrical poet and playwright and the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She was also known for her unconventional, bohemian lifestyle and her many love affairs. She used the pseudonym Nancy Boyd for her prose work.
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Small book, but well worth the money. The selection of poems is good and includes all the classics I remember reading years ago. But what's even better is the book itself: it's a beautiful edition, printed on good quality paper. The fonts used are very eye-friendly, the cover underneath the dust jacket is very elegant, and there's even a ribbon boomark. I bought this for myself, but it would make a great gift, too.
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I found this book was everything you would wish for in a book of poems by this wonderful poet. A rare treat indeed.
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What a wonderful book! It is so well presented in hardback; small, pocket-sized, but filled with good things! It would be ideal for a gift. I am really thrilled with it. I love ESV Millay's work and this shall be a favourite on my shelf.
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