{"product_id":"elizabeth-bishop-poems-prose-and-letters-loa-180-library-of-america-9781598530179","title":"Elizabeth Bishop: Poems  Prose  and Letters (LOA #180) (Library of America)","description":"\u003cp\u003eJames Merrill described Elizabeth Bishops poems as more wryly radiant  more touching  more unaffectedly intelligent than any written in our lifetime and called her our greatest national treasure. Robert Lowell said  I enjoy her poems more than anybody elses. Long before a wider public was aware of Bishops work  her fellow poets expressed astonished admiration of her formal rigor  fiercely observant eye  emotional intimacy  and sometimes eccentric flights of imagination. Today she is recognized as one of Americas great poets of the twentieth century.  This unprecedented collection offers a full-scale presentation of a writer of startling originality  at once passionate and reticent  adventurous and perfectionist. It presents all the poetry that Elizabeth Bishop published in her lifetime  in such classic volumes as North \u0026amp; South  A Cold Spring  Questions of Travel  and Geography III. In addition it contains an extensive selection of unpublished poems and drafts of poems (several not previously collected)  as well as all her published poetic translations  ranging from a chorus from Aristophanes The Birds to versions of Brazilian sambas.  Poems  Prose  and Letters also brings together most of her published prose writings  including stories; reminiscences; travel writing about the places (Nova Scotia  Florida  Brazil) that so profoundly marked her poetry; and literary essays and statements  including a number of pieces published here for the first time. The book is rounded out with a selection of Bishops irresistibly engaging and self-revelatory letters. Of the fifty-three letters included here  written between 1933 and 1979  a considerable number are printed for the first time  and all are presented in their entirety. Their recipients include Robert Lowell  Marianne Moore  Randall Jarrell  Anne Stevenson  May Swenson  and Carlos Drummond de Andrade.  LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nations literary heritage by publishing  and keeping permanently in print  Americas best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date  authoritative editions that average 1 000 pages in length  feature cloth covers  sewn bindings  and ribbon markers  and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45495907123253,"sku":"ByrdShop_1598530178","price":28.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781598530179.jpg?v=1780903188","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/elizabeth-bishop-poems-prose-and-letters-loa-180-library-of-america-9781598530179","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}