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Author:

Tóibín, Colm, 1955- author.

Title:

On Elizabeth Bishop / Colm Tóibín.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

209 pages ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Bishop, Elizabeth,--1911-1979--Criticism and interpretation.
Women and literature--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-205).

Contents:

No detail too small -- One of me -- In the village -- The art of losing -- Nature greets our eyes -- Order and disorder in Key West -- The escape from history -- Grief and reason -- The little that we get for free -- Art isn't worth that much -- The Bartók bird -- Efforts of affection -- North American light.

Summary:

"In this book, novelist Colm Tóibín offers a deeply personal introduction to the work and life of one of his most important literary influences--the American poet Elizabeth Bishop. Ranging across her poetry, prose, letters, and biography, Tóibín creates a vivid picture of Bishop while also revealing how her work has helped shape his sensibility as a novelist and how her experiences of loss and exile resonate with his own. What emerges is a compelling double portrait that will intrigue readers interested in both Bishop and Tóibín."--Jacket.

Series:

Writers on writers.

ISBN:

9780691154114
0691154112

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)