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In Art and Memory in the Work of Elizabeth Bishop, Jonathan Ellis
offers evidence for a redirection in Bishop studies toward a more
thorough scrutiny of the links between Bishop's art and life. The
book is less concerned with the details of what actually happened
to Bishop than with the ways in which she refracted key events into
writing: both personal, unpublished material as well as stories,
poems, and paintings. Thus, Ellis challenges Bishop's reputation as
either a strictly impersonal or personal writer and repositions her
poetry between the Modernists on the one hand and the Confessionals
on the other. Although Elizabeth Bishop was born and died in
Massachusetts, she lived a life more bohemian and varied than that
of almost all of her contemporaries, a fact masked by the tendency
of biographers and critics to focus on Bishop's life in the United
States. Drawing on published works and unpublished material
overlooked by many critics, Ellis gives equal attention to the
influence of Bishop's Canadian upbringing on her art and to the
shifts in her aesthetic and personal tastes that took place during
Bishop's residence in Brazil during the 1950s and 1960s. By
bringing together the whole of Bishop's work, this book opens a
welcome new direction in Bishop studies specifically, and in the
study of women poets generally.
This volume constitutes the Proceedings of a Europhysics Study
Conference held in Erice, Sicily from March 17 to 24, 1980. The
objective of the meeting was to bring together practitioners of two
different approaches to the unification of the fundamental par
ticle interactions: supersymmetry and supergravity on the one hand,
and grand unified gauge theories on the other hand. The hope was
that exposure to each others' ideas and problems would at least aid
mutual comprehension, and might start people thinking how to
develop a synthesis of the two approaches which could avoid their
individual shortcomings. It is not clear to us how successful the
conference was in achieving these objectives. On the one hand many
important ad vances in supersymmetric theories were reported which
were primarily of a technical nature, while some interesting
attempts to probe the phenomenological consequences of
supersymmetry and supergravity were also presented. On the other
hand there was considerable in terest in phenomenological aspects
of grand unified theories such as proton decay, neutrino masses and
oscillations, and links with cosmology. There was also some work on
model-building but rela tively few purely technical advances. A few
speakers tried to build bridges between the formalism of
supersymmetry or supergravity and the phenomenologically successful
gauge theories of elementary par ticle interactions."
The first book to look at poets' letters seriously as an art form
Fifteen enlightening chapters by leading international biographers,
critics and poets examine letter writing among poets in the last
two hundred years. They range from Coleridge, Wordsworth, Keats and
Shelley in the nineteenth-century to Eliot, Yeats, Bishop and
Larkin in the twentieth. In doing so, they respond to the following
questions. Who are the great letter writers of the past? Why is
reading other people's mail so addictive? What is the relationship
between letter writing and other literary genres such as poetry?
Divided into three sections--Contexts and Issues, Romantic and
Victorian Letter Writing, and Twentieth-Century Letter Writing--the
volume demonstrates that real letters still have an allure that
virtual post struggles to replicate. Key Features: A comprehensive
collection of essays on the art and genre of letter writing among
Romantic, Victorian and Twentieth Century poets Contributors are
leading international biographers, critics and poets, including
Hermione Lee, Paul Muldoon, Daniel Karlin, Hugh Haughton, Anne
Fadiman, Edna Longley and Angela Leighton An absorbing history of
literary friendship, literary love, and literary rivalry A
sensitive study of the often close relationship between letter
writing and poetry
Elizabeth Bishop is increasingly recognised as one of the twentieth
century's most original writers. Consisting of thirty-five
ground-breaking essays by an international team of authors,
including biographers, literary critics, poets and translators,
this volume addresses the biographical and literary inception of
Bishop's originality, from her formative upbringing in New England
and Nova Scotia to long residences in New York, France, Florida and
Brazil. Her poetry, prose, letters, translations and visual art are
analysed in turn, followed by detailed studies of literary
movements such as surrealism and modernism that influenced her
artistic development. Bishop's encounters with nature, music,
psychoanalysis and religion receive extended treatment, likewise
her interest in dreams and humour. Essays also investigate the
impact of twentieth-century history and politics on Bishop's life
writing, and what it means to read Bishop via eco-criticism,
postcolonial theory and queer studies.
A comprehensive and original guide to Elizabeth Bishop's poetry and
other writing, including literary criticism and prose fiction
Celebrating Elizabeth Bishop as an international writer with
allegiances to various countries and national traditions, this
collection of essays explores how Bishop moves between literal
geographies like Nova Scotia, New England, Key West and Brazil and
more philosophical categories like home and elsewhere, human and
animal, insider and outsider. The book covers all aspects and
periods of the author's career, from her early writing in the 1930s
to the late poems finished after Geography III and those works
published after her death. It also examines how Bishop's work has
been read and reinterpreted by contemporary writers. Key Features
Provides a companion to Bishop's entire artistic oeuvre, including
letter writing, literary criticism and short story writing Offers a
sustained consideration of Bishop's identity politics, including
the role of race Studies Bishop's influence on contemporary culture
The first book to look at poets' letters seriously as an art form.
It offers 15 enlightening chapters by leading international
biographers, critics and poets examine letter writing among poets
in the last two hundred years. They range from Coleridge,
Wordsworth, Keats and Shelley in the 19th century to Eliot, Yeats,
Bishop and Larkin in the 20th. In doing so, they respond to the
following questions. Who are the great letter writers of the past?
Why is reading other people's mail so addictive? What is the
relationship between letter writing and other literary genres such
as poetry? Divided into three sections - Contexts and Issues,
Romantic and Victorian Letter Writing, and Twentieth Century Letter
Writing - the volume demonstrates that real letters still have an
allure that virtual post struggles to replicate. It offers a
comprehensive collection of essays on the art and genre of letter
writing among Romantic, Victorian and Twentieth Century poets. It's
contributors are leading international biographers, critics and
poets, including Hermione Lee, Paul Muldoon, Daniel Karlin, Hugh
Haughton, Anne Fadiman, Edna Longley and Angela Leighton. It is an
absorbing history of literary friendship, love, and rivalry. It is
a sensitive study of the often close relationship between letter
writing and poetry.
Provides a comprehensive and original guide to Elizabeth Bishop's
poetry and other writing, including literary criticism and prose
fiction.
Since its release, Annie Hall has established itself as a key film
for Woody Allen’s career and the history of romantic comedy more
generally. At the 1978 Academy Awards, it won Oscars for Best Film,
Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actress and is regularly
cited as one of the greatest film comedies ever released, credited
with influencing directors such as Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach,
Richard Linklater, Greta Gerwig and Desiree Akhavan. This lively
collection brings a new ethical and philosophical perspective to
bear on Allen’s work quite different from previous generations of
scholars. At the same time as exploring the film’s continuing
influence on contemporary cinema, this book’s contributors engage
explicitly and implicitly with ongoing debates about Allen’s
cinematic output following the renewal of accusations against Allen
by his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow in 2014 and 2018. The book is
alive to debates within film studies about the limits of auteur
theory and the role of the spectator.
Elizabeth Bishop is increasingly recognised as one of the twentieth
century's most original writers. Consisting of thirty-five
ground-breaking essays by an international team of authors,
including biographers, literary critics, poets and translators,
this volume addresses the biographical and literary inception of
Bishop's originality, from her formative upbringing in New England
and Nova Scotia to long residences in New York, France, Florida and
Brazil. Her poetry, prose, letters, translations and visual art are
analysed in turn, followed by detailed studies of literary
movements such as surrealism and modernism that influenced her
artistic development. Bishop's encounters with nature, music,
psychoanalysis and religion receive extended treatment, likewise
her interest in dreams and humour. Essays also investigate the
impact of twentieth-century history and politics on Bishop's life
writing, and what it means to read Bishop via eco-criticism,
postcolonial theory and queer studies.
Elizabeth Bishop is increasingly recognized as one of the twentieth
century's most important and original poets. Initially celebrated
for the minute detail of her descriptions, what John Ashbery
memorably called her 'thinginess', Bishop's reputation has risen
dramatically since her death, in part due to the publication of new
work, including letters, stories, and visual art, as well as a
controversial volume of uncollected poems, drafts, and fragments.
This Companion engages with key debates surrounding the
interpretation and reception of Bishop's writing in relation to
questions of biography, the natural world and politics. Individual
chapters focus on texts such as North and South, Questions of
Travel, and Geography III, while offering fresh readings of the
significance of Nova Scotia, Massachusetts, and Brazil to Bishop's
life and work. This volume explores the full range of Bishop's
artistic achievements and the extent to which the posthumous
publications have contributed to her enduring popularity.
Elizabeth Bishop is increasingly recognized as one of the twentieth
century's most important and original poets. Initially celebrated
for the minute detail of her descriptions, what John Ashbery
memorably called her thinginess, Bishop's reputation has risen
dramatically since her death, in part due to the publication of new
work, including letters, stories, and visual art, as well as a
controversial volume of uncollected poems, drafts, and fragments.
This Companion engages with key debates surrounding the
interpretation and reception of Bishop's published and unpublished
writing in relation to questions of biography, the natural world,
and politics. Individual chapters focus on well-known texts such as
North & South, Questions of Travel, and Geography III, while
offering fresh readings of the significance of Nova Scotia,
Massachusetts, and Brazil to Bishop's life and work. With a
chronology and guide to further reading, this volume explores the
full range of Bishop's artistic achievements and the extent to
which the posthumous publications have contributed to her enduring
popularity."
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