Elizabeth Bishop dedicated her poetry to telling 'what really happened'. Yet what really happened in the life on one of the twentieth century's finest and most beloved American poets has eluded readers for years. In this first full biography, Brett Miller pieces together the compelling and painful story of Bishop's life and traces the writing of her brilliantly crafted poems.

In "Last Looks, Last Books", the eminent critic Helen Vendler examines the ways in which five great modern American poets, writing their final books, try to find a style that does justice to life and death alike. With traditional religious consolations no longer available to them, these poets must invent new ways to express the crisis of death, as well as the paradoxical coexis...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 托马斯·特拉维萨诺（Thomas Travisano），“伊丽莎白·毕肖普学会”创始主席，现为哈特威克学院英语系名誉教授。著有《伊丽莎白·毕肖普：艺术历程》和《20世纪中叶四重奏：毕肖普、洛威尔、贾雷尔与贝里曼》，编辑《空中的言辞：伊丽莎白·毕肖普与罗伯特·洛威尔通信全集》《21世纪的伊丽莎白·毕肖普》以及三卷本《美国新诗选》（合编），专著《未知的爱：伊丽莎白·毕肖普传》获得古根海姆奖金、美国国家人文基金会奖金以及美国哲学学会的支持。 【译者简介】 杨东伟，译者，诗歌研究者，译有《十扇窗：伟大的诗歌如何改变世界》《未知的爱：伊丽莎白·毕肖普传》《最后的凝望，最后的诗章》（即出）。

In "Last Looks, Last Books", the eminent critic Helen Vendler examines the ways in which five great modern American poets, writing their final books, try to find a style that does justice to life and death alike. With traditional religious consolations no longer available to them, these poets must invent new ways to express the crisis of death, as well as the paradoxical coexis...(展开全部)

Robert Lowell once remarked in a letter to Elizabeth Bishop that "you ha ve] always been my favorite poet and favorite friend." The feeling was mutual. Bishop said that conversation with Lowell left her feeling "picked up again to the proper table-land of poetry," and she once begged him, "Please never stop writing me letters--they always manage to make me feel like my higher s...(展开全部)

Robert Lowell once remarked in a letter to Elizabeth Bishop that "you ha ve] always been my favorite poet and favorite friend." The feeling was mutual. Bishop said that conversation with Lowell left her feeling "picked up again to the proper table-land of poetry," and she once begged him, "Please never stop writing me letters--they always manage to make me feel like my higher s...(展开全部)