Rapture and Melancholy: The Diaries of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Millay, Edna St Vincent
Rapture and Melancholy: The Diaries of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Millay, Edna St Vincent

Rapture and Melancholy: The Diaries of Edna St. Vincent Millay

The first publication of Edna St. Vincent Millay's private, intimate diaries, providing "a candid self-portrait of the...
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Author: Edna St Vincent Millay
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Rapture and Melancholy: The Diaries of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Millay, Edna St Vincent

Rapture and Melancholy: The Diaries of Edna St. Vincent Millay

$72.76
Rapture and Melancholy: The Diaries of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Millay, Edna St Vincent

Rapture and Melancholy: The Diaries of Edna St. Vincent Millay

$72.76
Author: Edna St Vincent Millay
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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The first publication of Edna St. Vincent Millay's private, intimate diaries, providing "a candid self-portrait of the 'bad girl of American letters'" (Kirkus Reviews)

"Provides an occasion to revisit not just [Millay's] improbable life but also her sometimes revelatory work."--Abigail Deutsch, Wall Street Journal

"Rapture and Melancholy paints a picture of artistic triumph, romantic tumult, and a daily life that descended into addiction."--Heather Clark, New York Times Book Review

The English author Thomas Hardy proclaimed that America had two great attractions: the skyscraper, and the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay. In these diaries the great American poet illuminates not only her literary genius, but her life as a devoted daughter, sister, wife, and public heroine; and finally as a solitary, tragic figure.

This is the first publication of the diaries she kept from adolescence until middle age, between 1907 and 1949, focused on her most productive years. Who was the girl who wrote "Renascence," that marvel of early twentieth-century poetry? What trauma or spiritual journey inspired the poem? And after such celebrity why did she vanish into near seclusion after 1940? These questions hover over the life and work, and trouble biographers and readers alike. Intimate, eloquent, these confessions and keen observations provide the key to understanding Millay's journey from small-town obscurity to world fame, and the tragedy of her demise.

Author: Edna St Vincent Millay
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 03/08/2022
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.37h x 6.38w x 1.18d
ISBN: 9780300245684


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2022
Publishers Weekly 03/14/2022
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