Body My House: May Swenson's Work and Life
()
About this ebook
The first collection of critical essays on May Swenson and her literary universe, Body My House initiates an academic conversation about an unquestionably major poet of the middle and late twentienth century. Between the 1950s and the 1980s, May Swenson produced eleven volumes of poetry, received many major awards, was elected chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, and was acclaimed by writers in virtually every school of American poetry.
Essays here address the breadth of Swenson's literary corpus and offer varied scholarly approaches to it. They reference Swenson manuscripts---poems, letters, diaries, and other prose---some of which have not been widely available before. Chapters focus on Swenson's work as a nature writer; the literary and social contexts of her writing; her national and international acclaim; her work as a translator; associations with other poets and writers (Bishop, Moore, and others); her creative process; and her profound explorations of gender and sexuality. The first full volume of scholarship on May Swenson, Body My House suggest an ambitious agenda for further work.
Contributors include Mark Doty, Gudrun Grabher, Cynthia Hogue, Suzann Juhasz, R.R. Knudson, Alicia Ostriker, Martha Nell Smith, Michael Spooner, Paul Swenson, and Kirstin Hotelling Zona.
Related to Body My House
Related ebooks
The First Book: Twentieth-Century Poetic Careers in America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Road to the Spring: Collected Poems of Mary Austin Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Sound: New & Selected Poems Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAt the End of Sleep Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsViva the Real Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Brand New Spacesuit Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVestiges: Notes, Responses, & Essays 1988–2018 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Bones of Winter Birds Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLittle Hill Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJames Wright: A Life in Poetry Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Fine Canopy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPoets On Place Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Love Minus Love Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLantana Lane Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Taking Measures: Selected Serial Poems Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFauxccasional Poems Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBefore Recollection Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Modern and Normal Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Milk Tooth Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingswild horses Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVox Angelica Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Home Burial Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Useful Junk Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDraft of a Letter Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCarbonfish Blues: Ecopoems Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHonestly Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPost-Ireland? Essays on Contemporary Irish Poetry Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Charles Wright's "Black Zodiac" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Tempers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Tower Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Poetry For You
Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Love Her Wild: Poems Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You Better Be Lightning Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pillow Thoughts II: Healing the Heart Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Way Forward Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Inward Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Selected Poems Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beyond Thoughts: An Exploration Of Who We Are Beyond Our Minds Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dante's Inferno: The Divine Comedy, Book One Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Daily Stoic: A Daily Journal On Meditation, Stoicism, Wisdom and Philosophy to Improve Your Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bedtime Stories for Grown-ups Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Odyssey: (The Stephen Mitchell Translation) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Complete Works Of Oscar Wilde Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dream Work Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tao Te Ching: A New English Version Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Odyssey Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLeaves of Grass: 1855 Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Twenty love poems and a song of despair Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Complete Poems Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gilgamesh: A New English Version Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Complete Poems of John Keats (with an Introduction by Robert Bridges) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Road Not Taken and other Selected Poems Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (ReadOn Classics) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Prophet Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Divine Comedy: Inferno Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Iliad: The Fitzgerald Translation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Body My House
0 ratings0 reviews