Conversations with Elizabeth Bishop (Literary Conversations) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0878058729 ISBN 13: 9780878058723

Publisher: University Press of Mississippi, 1996

Synopsis

This book brings together almost all of the known interviews Elizabeth Bishop gave over a period of thirty years. Included also are a few selected pieces based on conversations with her. All together they allow her ardent and admiring readers a rewarding, close-up encounter with one of America’s great writers.

In this collection of conversations Bishop expresses her opinions about various types of poetry, describes her view of the geography of the imagination in the writing process, defends her often criticized feminist views, and discusses her role as teacher and poet.

Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979) won many prizes for poetry, including a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award. She was graduated from Vassar, where she knew Mary McCarthy. She taught at Harvard, New York University, and the University of Washington and was a long-time resident in Brazil.

About this title

About the Author

George Monteiro, professor emeritus of English and of Portuguese and Brazilian studies at Brown University, is the author or editor of books on Elizabeth Bishop, Henry James, Henry Adams, Robert Frost, Stephen Crane, Emily Dickinson, Fernando Pessoa, and Luis de Camoes, among others.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0878058729
• ISBN 13: 9780878058723
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Monteiro George