Few Figs from Thistles: The Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Few Figs from Thistles: The Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Few Figs from Thistles: The Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay

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 Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) was an American playwright, Pulitzer Prize-winning lyrical poet, and feminist activist. One of the most celebrated poets in American history, Millay is hailed as the twentieth century's most skilful sonnet writers who expertly married modern attitudes with traditional forms of expression. First published in 1920, "A Few Figs from Thistles - The Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay" is a collection of Millay's most notable poems, including her famous 'fig' quatrains. Contents: "First Fig", "Second Fig", "Recuerdo", "Thursday", "To the Not Impossible Him", "Macdougal Street", "The Singing-Woman from the Wood's Edge", "She is Overheard Singing", "The Prisoner", "The Unexplorer", "Grown-Up", "The Penitent", etc. A wonderful collection not to be missed by poetry lovers and those who have enjoyed other works by this seminal American poet. Other notable works by this author include: "Two Slatterns and a King" and "The Lamp and the Bell". Ragged Hand - Read & Co is republishing this collection of classic poetry now in a new edition complete with a biography of the author by Carl Van Doren.
Book Details
Publisher:
Ragged Hand - Read & Co.
ISBN:
9781528717465
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
50
Authors:
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Published Date:
2020-08-14
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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