Early Poems

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by Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Millay's first three books of lyrics and sonnets are collected here: Renascence, Second April, and A Few Figs from Thistles. With a balanced and appreciative introduction and useful annotations, this volume presents some of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's best work in which she weaves intellect, emotion, and irony.

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Publisher:: Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN:: 9780141180540
Binding:: Paperback
Pages:: 240
Authors:: Edna St. Vincent Millay
Published Date:: 1998-12-01
Language:: English

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About Edna St. Vincent Millay

Poet and playwright Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950) was born in Rockland, Maine. Her poem "Renascence," entered in The Lyric Year's 1912 contest, brought acclaim and a scholarship to Vassar College, where she also turned to theater. The year of her graduation she published her first book, Renascence and Other Poems (Harper, 1917). After Vassar she settled in Greenwich Village and released A Few Figs from Thistles (Harper & Brothers, 1920). In 1923 she won the Pulitzer Prize for The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver (Flying Cloud Press, 1922). She also wrote verse plays and the libretto for the American grand opera The King's Henchman (Harper & Brothers, 1927). Millay died in Austerlitz, New York.

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