One Art (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Elizabeth Bishop
- First Published: 1994
- Type of Work: Letters
- Time of Work: 1928-1979
- Setting: Nova Scotia, Canada; New York; Key West, Florida; Brazil; Seattle, Washington; and Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Principal Characters: Elizabeth Bishop, Marianne Moore, Lota de Macedo Soares, Robert Lowell, “XY,”, Alice Methfessel
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age
- Locales: New York
One Art: Letters, the selected letters of poet Elizabeth Bishop, is a major literary event. Bishop’s pared-down sense of craft allowed few of the facts of her personal life to surface in her work. With her astounding ear and refined eye, details in her poetry speak volumes without necessarily revealing the events or even the major characters that inspired her writing. Bishop’s singular sensibility lures readers to want to know more about her. Now, with Robert Giroux’s generous selection of more than five hundred letters, a full portrait of the poet emerges.
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