The Wood's Edge - Legends and Fairy Tales of Edna St. Vincent Millay

By Edna St. Vincent Millay

“The Wood's Edge - Legends and Fairy Tales of Edna St.Vincent Millay” is a fantastic collection of poetry written by Edna St.Vincent Millay. The poems are all related to mythology, folklore, or legend, and include the titular poem “The Wood's Edge”. Celebrated for their lyrical beauty, Millay's poems are infused with fiery romance and the youthful spirit that would become a characteristic of her writing. Contents include: “Daphne”, “The Bean-Stalk”, “Passer Mortuus Est”, “Elaine”, “Doubt no More that Oberon”, “The Singing-Woman from the Wood’s Edge”, “To a Poet that Died Young”, “Sonnet VI Bluebeard”, “Sonnet I”, “Sonnet III”, “Sonnet V”, “Sonnet XII”, etc. Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950) was an American playwright, Pulitzer Prize-winning lyrical poet, and feminist activist. One of the most celebrated poets in American history, Millay is hailed as the twentieth century's most skillfull sonnet writers who expertly married modern attitudes with traditional forms of expression. Other notable works by this author include: “Two Slatterns and a King”, “The Lamp and the Bell”, and “Aria da Capo”. Ragged Hand - Read & Co is publishing this brand new collection of classic poetry now for a new generation of readers to enjoy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ragged Hand - Read & Co.
• Release date: Aug 14, 2020
• ISBN: 9781528790864

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay was born in 1892 in Rockland, Maine, the eldest of three daughters, and was encouraged by her mother to develop her talents for music and poetry. Her long poem "Renascence" won critical attention in an anthology contest in 1912 and secured for her a patron who enabled her to go to Vassar College. After graduating in 1917 she lived in Greenwich Village in New York for a few years, acting, writing satirical pieces for journals (usually under a pseudonym), and continuing to work at her poetry. She traveled in Europe throughout 1921-22 as a "foreign correspondent" for Vanity Fair. Her collection A Few Figs from Thistles (1920) gained her a reputation for hedonistic wit and cynicism, but her other collections (including the earlier Renascence and Other Poems [1917]) are without exception more seriously passionate or reflective. In 1923 she married Eugene Boissevain and -- after further travel -- embarked on a series of reading tours which helped to consolidate her nationwide renown. From 1925 onwards she lived at Steepletop, a farmstead in Austerlitz, New York, where her husband protected her from all responsibilities except her creative work. Often involved in feminist or political causes (including the Sacco-Vanzetti case of 1927), she turned to writing anti-fascist propaganda poetry in 1940 and further damaged a reputation already in decline. In her last years of her life she became more withdrawn and isolated, and her health, which had never been robust, became increasingly poor. She died in 1950.

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THE

WOOD'S EDGE

LEGENDS AND FAIRY TALES

OF EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY

By

EDNA

ST. VINCENT MILLAY

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Contents

DAPHNE

THE BEAN-STALK

PASSER MORTUUS EST

ELAINE

DOUBT NO MORE THAT OBERON

THE SINGING-WOMAN FROM THE WOOD’S EDGE

TO A POET THAT DIED YOUNG

SONNET VI BLUEBEARD

SONNET I

SONNET III

SONNET VI

SONNET XII

PRAYER TO PERSEPHONE

ODE TO SILENCE

SHE IS OVERHEARD SINGING

BIBLIOGRAPHY

THE

WOOD'S EDGE

LEGENDS AND FAIRY TALES

OF EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY

DAPHNE

Why do you follow me?—

Any moment I can