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Contributor(s): Millay, Edna St Vincent (Author)

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 ISBN: 0141180544     ISBN-13: 9780141180540
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
OUR PRICE: $22.80  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 1998
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Annotation: Weaving intellect, emotion and irony into unexpected combinations, Edna St. Vincent Millay gave voice through her poetry to her post-World War I generation's claim to personal freedom -- and earned a reputation as a sexually liberated free-thinker who followed her own moral code. Known for her progressive convictions about women's rights and social equality, as well as her free-spirited Bohemian lifestyle, Millay surrounded herself in the 1920s with other artists and writers in Greenwich Village, including Eugene O'Neill, Floyd Dell, Djuna Barnes and Edmund Wilson. Her finely crafted poetry found its form mainly in traditional rhyming sonnets and lyric pieces, but her message declared her independence from convention, as in the often-quoted 1918 quatrain:

My candle burn's at both ends;

It will not last the night;

But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends --

It gives a lovely light!"

This edition comprises Millay's first three books, Renascence, Second April, and A Few Figs as well as a biographical and critical Introduction, and indexes both by title and by first line.

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BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American - General
- Poetry | Women Authors
- Literary Collections | American - General
Dewey: 811.52
LCCN: 98023165
Age Level: 18-UP
Grade Level: 13-UP
Series: Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics
Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.05" W x 7.74" L (0.36 lbs) 240 pages
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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.


For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

 
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