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The Key to Everything: May Swenson, a Writer's Life

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Availability:In StockContributor:Margaret a. BruciaPublish date:7/8/2025Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691247236ISBN-10:691247234UPC:9780691247236Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, PoetryBook Subcategory:Literary Figures, Women, AmericanSize:9.20 x 6.40 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCVGJHN9VJ

The Key to Everything: May Swenson, a Writer's Life

An intimate portrait of the twentieth-century American poet

May Swenson (1913-1989) was one of the most important and original poets of the twentieth century. The Key to Everything is a biography of this experimental American modernist that draws directly from her unpublished diaries and her letters to friends, family, and colleagues, most notably Elizabeth Bishop. In 1952, Swenson wrote in her...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691247236ISBN-10:691247234UPC:9780691247236Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, PoetryBook Subcategory:Literary Figures, Women, AmericanSize:9.20 x 6.40 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCVGJHN9VJ
Margaret A. Brucia is a Fulbright scholar, the recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome. Trained as a classicist, she has a special interest in women's diaries and letters. Paul Crumbley is professor emeritus of English at Utah State University and coeditor of Body My House: May Swenson's Work and Life. David Hoak is an...
Publisher: Princeton University Press

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