Conversations with May Sarton (Literary Conversations) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0878055339 ISBN 13: 9780878055333

Publisher: University Press of Mississippi, 1991

Synopsis

With increasing candor and openness May Sarton’s conversations have given an intimate view of her honest, courageous inner life. Best known to her many readers as a novelist and keeper of journals, Sarton sees herself pre-eminently as a poet. In the interviews collected here she speaks forthrightly about herself, her independence, and her writing.

Although born in Belgium, Sarton is quintessentially American in her choice of solitude on which her personal well-being and writing depend. She is a modernist who has defined herself as an artist, with the occasionally painful recognition that all else must finally be subordinated to her writing. Her journal After the Stroke makes clear that when she cannot write she stands on the edge of the abyss of nonbeing.

These interviews offer Sarton’s readers the model of a woman who has supported herself as a writer of achievement, who has made her way without the comforts of academic tenure, grants, or bestseller listings.

About this title

About the Author

Earl G. Ingersoll (1938-2021) was Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at SUNY College at Brockport. He wrote, edited, and coedited many books, including Conversations with May Sarton, Conversations with Rita Dove, Conversations with Anthony Burgess, Conversations with Colum McCann, and Conversations with John Banville, all published by University Press of Mississippi.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0878055339
• ISBN 13: 9780878055333
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Ingersoll Earl G.