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Title: The Complete Poems, 1927-1979 by Elizabeth Bishop ISBN: 0-374-51817-3 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1984 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.64 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: one of the best in american poetry
Comment: Elizabeth Bishop is one of the greatest American poets we've ever had--only Frost and perhaps maybe Whitman are more important. She is certainly Emily Dickinson's equal, and in my opinion, a finer poet. When discussing American poetry, Bishop can't be ignored. Her imagery, her use of form, her command over the language is rarely matched, and this collection contains all her work. There's her first book, _North & South_, which is one of the finest volumes of poetry produced. You'll find poems like "The Map," "The Man-Moth," "The Weed," "The Imaginary Iceberg," "Seascape," and the masterful poem, "The Fish." _A Cold Spring_ follows, containing "At the Fishhouse" and "Letter to N.Y." "The Armadillo" (Bishop's poem to Robert Lowell), "Filling Station," "Visits to St. Elizabeths" and "Sestina" (one of the few poems in this form that actually works) follows in _Questions of Travel_. Then there is a selection of uncollected work (1969) before we hit _Geography III_ which contains two of her best poems, "Cruso in England" and "One Art"--which is in my opinion her best poem. The collection rounds out with some more uncollected poems, juvenalia, and some fine translations. Overall, you have an important book by one of our most important poets.
Rating: 5
Summary: Can't be ignored
Comment: No matter what sort of poetry you are drawn to--and here I include the Beowulf poet, the Metaphysical poets, the Modernists, etc.--Elizabeth Bishop can't be ignored. Her poems, from set forms like the villanelle "One Art" ("The art of losing isn't hard to master.") to the patchwork of imagery that is "The Fish" are all at the peak of expression. Bishop demonstrates virtuousity in a number of forms of poetry in this (relatively) slim volume. I especially appreciate her poems on travel and Brazil. This is a dead writer whose ideas of culture are still ahead of our time.
This book is a treasure trove. It rewards multiple readings. Bishop's craftsmanship has ensured that this book will continue to endure even as bigger names of her era fall by the wayside.
Rating: 4
Summary: All-encompassing = fun fun fun!
Comment: Elizabeth Bishop's use of structure (especially the villanelle) blows me away. This is a satisfying collection of poems because they're all there, and it's fairly easy to randomly thumb your finger through and stop on a poem that you don't know, but will enjoy. Though I know that it wasn't the goal of this book, I personally wish I could have found out more about her biography. A nice present to give to people who are a fan of "One Art" but who haven't read anything else by her.
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Title: The Collected Prose by Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Giroux ISBN: 0374518556 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1984 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens by Wallace Stevens ISBN: 0679726691 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 19 February, 1990 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Complete Poems (Twentieth-Century Classics) by Marianne Moore ISBN: 0140188517 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: November, 1994 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke by Theodore Roethke ISBN: 0385086016 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 01 December, 1974 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Collected Poems: Edited by Frank Bidart and David Gewanter; Introduction by Frank Bidart by Robert Lowell, Frank Bidart, David Gewanter ISBN: 0374126178 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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