Elizabeth Bishop's "Brazil, January 1, 1502" and Max Jacob's "Etablissement d'une communaute au Bresil": A Study of Transformative Interpretation and Influence
The A. establishes the relation between Max Jacob's brillant poem on Brazil and Elisabeth Bishop's more politically positive response to it, convincingly arguing a greater political thrust to Bishop's poetry than is generally perceived.
Rare and Commonplace Flowers: The Story of Elizabeth Bishop and Lota De Macedo Soares@@@Elizabeth Bishop's World War II-Cold War View
Introduction: Bishop's WWII - Cold War View Re-Viewing Bishop: From the Critic's Desk In Key West Overlooking World War II Bishop's Visions of 'Unwanted Love, Conceit, and War' Watching the Cold War Begin From a Poet's Window: Washington, 1949-50 Conclusion: 'To See the End'
Remembering Elizabeth Bishop: An Oral Biography
This book interweaves more than 120 interviews with relatives, friends, colleagues, and students of Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), one of America's finest poets. Among the interviewees are numerous intellectual and artistic figures, including John Ashbery, Robert Fitzgerald, Robert Giroux, Clement Greenberg, Thom Gunn, John Hollander, Mary McCarthy, James Merrill, Katha Pollitt, Ned Rorem, Lloyd Schwartz, Anne Stevenson, Rosalyn Tureck, Helen Vendler and Richard Wilbur. The chronology which governs this work is as follows: childhood, 1911-1927; Walnut Hill, 1927-1930; Vassar, 1930-1934; New York, Europe and Key West, 1934-1940; Key West and New York, 1941-1948; Washington, D.C. and Yaddo, 1948-1951; Brazil, 1951-1957; Brazil, 1958-1965; Seattle, 1966; Brazil, 1966-1967; San Francisco, 1967-1969; Ouro Preto, 1969-1973; Cambridge and Boston, 1973-1977; and Boston, 1977-1979.