{"product_id":"collected-poems-9780062015273","title":"Collected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"One of the greatest American poets of her time.\"--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCollected Poems \u003c\/em\u003efeatures Edna St. Vincent Millay's incisive and impassioned poetry and sonnets, as well as the poet's last volume, \u003cem\u003eMine the Harvest\u003c\/em\u003e, compiled and published in 1956 by her sister Norma Millay.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAlongside Robert Frost, T.S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, and E. E. Cummings, Millay remains among the most celebrated poets of the early twentieth century for her uniquely lyrical explorations of love, individuality, and artistic expression.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMillay, winner in 1923 of the second annual Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, was a daring, versatile writer whose work includes plays, essays, short stories, and songs. She infused new life into traditional poetic forms, bringing hope to a generation of youth disillusioned by the political and social upheaval of the First World War. She ventured fearlessly beyond familiar poetic subjects to tackle political injustice, social discrimination, and women's sexuality in her poems and prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet Millay's poetry is still decisively modern in its message, and it continues to resonate with readers facing personal and moral issues that defy the test of time: romantic love, loss, betrayal, compassion for one another, social equality, patriotism, and the stewardship of the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis invaluable compendium of her work is not only an essential addition to any collection of the world's most moving and memorable poetry but an unprecedented look into the life of Millay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy candle burns at both ends;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It will not last the night;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It gives a lovely light!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"First Fig\" from \u003cem\u003eA Few Figs from Thistles\u003c\/em\u003e (1920)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMillay, Edna St:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Edna St. Vincent Millay was born in 1892 in Rockland, Maine, the eldest of three daughters, and was encouraged by her mother to develop her talents for music and poetry. Her long poem \"Renascence\" won critical attention in an anthology contest in 1912 and secured for her a patron who enabled her to go to Vassar College. \u003cp\u003eAfter graduating in 1917 she lived in Greenwich Village in New York for a few years, acting, writing satirical pieces for journals (usually under a pseudonym), and continuing to work at her poetry. She traveled in Europe throughout 1921-22 as a \"foreign correspondent\" for \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair.\u003c\/em\u003e Her collection \u003cem\u003eA Few Figs from Thistles\u003c\/em\u003e (1920) gained her a reputation for hedonistic wit and cynicism, but her other collections (including the earlier \u003cem\u003eRenascence and Other Poems\u003c\/em\u003e [1917]) are without exception more seriously passionate or reflective. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1923 she married Eugene Boissevain and -- after further travel -- embarked on a series of reading tours which helped to consolidate her nationwide renown. From 1925 onwards she lived at Steepletop, a farmstead in Austerlitz, New York, where her husband protected her from all responsibilities except her creative work. Often involved in feminist or political causes (including the Sacco-Vanzetti case of 1927), she turned to writing anti-fascist propaganda poetry in 1940 and further damaged a reputation already in decline. In her last years of her life she became more withdrawn and isolated, and her health, which had never been robust, became increasingly poor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe died in 1950.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMillay, Edna St Vincent:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Edna St. Vincent Millay was born in 1892 in Rockland, Maine, the eldest of three daughters, and was encouraged by her mother to develop her talents for music and poetry. Her long poem Renascence won critical attention in an anthology contest in 1912 and secured for her a patron who enabled her to go to Vassar College. \u003cp\u003eAfter graduating in 1917 she lived in Greenwich Village in New York for a few years, acting, writing satirical pieces for journals (usually under a pseudonym), and continuing to work at her poetry. She traveled in Europe throughout 1921-22 as a foreign correspondent for \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair.\u003c\/em\u003e Her collection \u003cem\u003eA Few Figs from Thistles\u003c\/em\u003e (1920) gained her a reputation for hedonistic wit and cynicism, but her other collections (including the earlier \u003cem\u003eRenascence and Other Poems\u003c\/em\u003e [1917]) are without exception more seriously passionate or reflective. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1923 she married Eugene Boissevain and -- after further travel -- embarked on a series of reading tours which helped to consolidate her nationwide renown. From 1925 onwards she lived at Steepletop, a farmstead in Austerlitz, New York, where her husband protected her from all responsibilities except her creative work. Often involved in feminist or political causes (including the Sacco-Vanzetti case of 1927), she turned to writing anti-fascist propaganda poetry in 1940 and further damaged a reputation already in decline. In her last years of her life she became more withdrawn and isolated, and her health, which had never been robust, became increasingly poor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe died in 1950.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50626503639314,"sku":"9780062015273","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fd50cff4-7d2f-4d3d-9c26-057ac2fdf4a0.jpg?v=1732660502","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/collected-poems-9780062015273","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}