Edna St. Vincent Millay: Selected Poems
A Poetry, Poetry Plays, Literature book. Beautiful. Poignant. Heart-breaking. "And reaching up my hand to try,/ I screamed, to feel it touch the sky."...
Praised by poets and critics ranging from A. E. Housman and Thomas Hardy to Edmund Wilson, Edna St. Vincent Millay's bold, exquisite poems take their place among the enduring verse of the twentieth century. Claiming a lyric tradition stretching back to Sappho and Catullus and making it very much her own, Millay won over her contemporaries—and readers ever since—with her passion, erotic candor, formal elegance, and often mischievous wit. J. D. McClatchy's introduction and selections offer new and surprising insights into Millay's achievement. Included are her most beloved and justly admired poems, such as the wry bohemian anthem "Recuerdo" and the sonnet sequence Fatal Interview, the poetic record of a love affair that is presented in its entirety. McClatchy has also chosen works that extend our sense of Millay's range: translations, her play Aria da Capo, and excerpts from her libretto The King's Henchman. "I have for the most part been guided by my taste for Millay at her tautest and truest," writes McClatchy. "There are...
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Beautiful. Poignant. Heart-breaking. "And reaching up my hand to try,/ I screamed, to feel it touch the sky." Never lofty, never reaching. Edna St. Vincent Millay was a fascinating and mercurial individual, and her poetry reflects that. Though occasionally tending toward the maudlin, her verses contain a lot of sharp wit, biting angst, dark humor, and even, occasionally, a ray of hope. This is the perfect collection to brood with on a stormy day or when nursing a broken... I am entranced by the beauty and lyricism of this poetry. She manages to deftly nail every season, weather and emotion in a way that chimes with my heart.
