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pp. xxv, (3), 668, ” From several thousand letters, written by Bishop over fifty yearsfrom 1928, when she was seventeen, to the day of her death, in Boston in 1979Robert Giroux, the poet’s longtime friend and editor, has selected over five hundred missives for this volume. In a way, the letters comprise Bishop’s autobiography, and Giroux has greatly enhanced them with his own detailed, candid, and highly informative introduction. One Art takes us behind Bishop’s formal sophistication and reserve, fully displaying the gift for friendship, the striving for perfection, and the passionate, questing, rigorous spirit that made her a great artist.”
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| ISBN | 0374524459 | |
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| Original Title | One Art, Elizabeth Bishop Letters | |
| Published Date | 1994 | |
| Book Condition | Very Good | |
| Jacket Condition | No dustjacket | |
| Binding | Paperback | |
| Size | 8vo | |
| Place of Publication | Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A. | |
| Category: | Special Literature | |
| Authors: | ELizabeth Bishop, Robert Giroux | |
| Publisher: | Farrar Straus & Giroux |
pp. xxv, (3), 668, ” From several thousand letters, written by Bishop over fifty yearsfrom 1928, when she was seventeen, to the day of her death, in Boston in 1979Robert Giroux, the poet’s longtime friend and editor, has selected over five hundred missives for this volume. In a way, the letters comprise Bishop’s autobiography, and Giroux has greatly enhanced them with his own detailed, candid, and highly informative introduction. One Art takes us behind Bishop’s formal sophistication and reserve, fully displaying the gift for friendship, the striving for perfection, and the passionate, questing, rigorous spirit that made her a great artist.”
| Weight | 1 kg |
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