The Complete Poems, 1927-1979
by Elizabeth Bishop
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Author: Elizabeth BishopEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1983
ISBN: 0374518173
Number of pages: 287
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Book Reviews of The Complete Poems, 1927-1979
Book Review: A Harvest of Joy
Summary: 5 Stars
Gosh, it is hard to sum up one's feelings about the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop. She is one of those artists, like Shakespeare and Mozart and Cervantes, whose work contains such perfection it seems almost sacrilegious to comment upon it.And she was ALWAYS a good poet. This volume proves it by publishing much of her juvenilia alongside more mature, better known poems as the wonderful "Florida", "Sestina", and the majestic "The Fish", a poem I enjoy teaching to my students every semester as a supreme example of imagery (I defy them to find instances of abstract language in the poem; there aren't many). Also included is an astonishing series of translations Bishop rendered over the years, mostly of South American poets, including Octavio Paz.
All in all, this is a treasure trove, a book for the ages, and a reminder of what we lost with Bishop's early death at age 68.
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