![]() ![]() Ragged Hand - Read & Co is republishing this collection of classic poetry now in a new edition complete with a biography of the author by Carl Van Doren. Other notable works by this author include: “Two Slatterns and a King” and “The Lamp and the Bell”. ![]() One of the most celebrated poets in American history, Millay is hailed as the twentieth century's most skilful sonnet writers who expertly married modern attitudes with traditional forms of expression. By the manner of such judges, Parks suspects casual misogyny. Vincent Millay (1892–1950) was an American playwright, Pulitzer Prize-winning lyrical poet, and feminist activist. When in 1912 Edna Millay, then a girl of nineteen, submitted ‘Renascence’ in a poetry contest, the judges, calmly over-looked it, after the manner of such judges, for a poem whose very title is unknown to day, writes literature scholar Edd Winfield Parks. Vincent Millay, by Carl Van Doren”, “Renascence”, “Interim”, “The Suicide”, “God’s World”, “Afternoon on a Hill”, “Sorrow”, “Tavern”, “Ashes of Life”, “The Little Ghost”, “Kin to Sorrow”, “Three Songs of Shattering”, etc. Celebrated for their lyrical beauty which is most evident in her early works, Millay's poems are infused with fiery romance and the youthful spirit that would become a characteristic of her writing. Vincent Millay, including one of the best-known American poems “Renascence". Vincent Millay (18921950), once the most loved and celebrated poet in America, was born and grew up in Maine, in a bookish and musical family headed by a single mother. This book contains a classic collection of poetry written by Edna St. ![]()
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