May Sarton (Magill’s Literary Annual 1998)
At a glance:
- Author: Margot Peters
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Work: Literary biography
- Time of Work: May 3, 1912-July 16, 1995
- Setting: The United States and Western Europe
- Principal Characters: May Sarton, George Sarton, Mabel Sarton, Judith Matlock
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Family or family life, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Authors or writers, Europe or Europeans, Poetry or poets, Lesbianism or lesbians, Alcohol, Lectures or lecturing
- Locales: Europe, United States
Margot Peters has created a detailed portrait of writer May Sarton, which illuminates the differences between Sarton’s life and the image Sarton created for her audience.
Sarton was born in Belgium in 1911, the only child of George Sarton, a withdrawn Belgian scientist, and Mabel Elwes Sarton, an English artist. Even as a toddler, Sarton was willful and bad- tempered; her parents alternated between coddling her and leaving her in the care of others. When staying with others, Sarton exhibited a sad need to adopt them as her family; she craved the family life that was absent in...
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