Renascence and Other Poems (Granger index reprint series) [Paperback]

Edna St. Vincent Millay (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1972 | ISBN-10: 0836982452 | ISBN-13: 978-0836982459

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) who also wrote under the pseudonym Nancy Boyd, was an American lyrical poet and playwright. Her best-known poem might be First Fig from A Few Figs from Thistles (1920). She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923, for The Harp- Weaver and Other Poems. She was the first woman to be so honoured for poetry. She was also known for her unconventional, bohemian lifestyle and her many love affairs. In 1943 she was awarded the Frost Medal for her lifetime contribution to American poetry. She was the sixth recipient of that honour, and the second woman. Her reputation was damaged by poetry she wrote in support of the Allied war effort during World War II. Amongst her other works are: Renasance and Other Poems (1917), The Princess Marries the Page (1918/1932), Two Slatterns and a King (1921), The Lamp and the Bell (1921), Second April (1921), Fatal Interview (1931), Conversation at Midnight (1937), Make Bright the Arrows (1940), The Murder of Lidice (1942), Collected Lyrics (1943), and Mine the Harvest (1954).

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 73 pages
• Publisher: Ayer Co Pub (June 1972)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0836982452
• ISBN-13: 978-0836982459
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,348,936 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Kindle Edition -- Renascence and Other Poems, August 17, 2008

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This review is from: Renascence and Other Poems (Kindle Edition)

I have loved poetry since I was a child. One of my dreams as an adult in a technical world is to have the ability to have poetry with me all the time -- Kindle has the ability to fulfill this wish.

As a start, I began browsing Amazon's list of available poetry. I was leery, because I was certain some of these probably had been converted without consideration for indexing or making sure the poems looked as the authors intended. So,I requested samples of many books, and found that I was correct. For all of the "classics" that I sampled, the formatting was abysmal and there was no index. I sampled one "self published" volume which was beautifully formatted -- but the content was abysmal. It did prove it could be done, though.

When I came upon this edition in the list, I found this statement: "This kindle digital edition of Renascence and Other Poems has been professionally designed and maintains the quality of the original classic publication." "Hooray!" I thought, and purchased it immediately, without bothering with a sample. As you have probably surmised, I was so disappointed.

There is no index or table of contents. Long poems (Renascence in particular) are formatted more like paragraphs for a novel than lines of poetry. There is no break between the poems -- titles are not in bold or italics or in any other way set apart from the content of the poem itself. If you were a reader who is not familiar with the works, you might not be able to tell where one poem ended and another began.

I still am looking forward to being able to easily carry around electronic editions of my favorites, because I am certain someday someone will publish e-versions of poetry volumes that are equal to the print versions. Maybe there are some already out there that I have yet to find.

I did give this two stars rather than just one, because the content still is the searing work that spoke to my heart when I first discovered it on my Mother's bookshelf when I was a teenager.

Oh -- as a side note -- there is no category of "poetry" in the list of Kindle book. I search for poetry to find it.

Renascence and Other Poems

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Includes my favorite poem, September 6, 1999

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[e-mail] (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Renascence and Other Poems (Dover Thrift Editions) (Paperback)

This book contains one of my favorite poems, "Ashes of Life." My copy of the book is hardcover from 1917, but the poem is the same no matter what printing you read.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Renascence (actually a collection of hers), May 21, 2000

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Don J Ewert (Camano Island, WA (USA)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Renascence and Other Poems (Dover Thrift Editions) (Paperback)

I was captured with the first lines. Never have I read more captivating words about life and losing someone of importance. I have looked for these words, the ones that expressed what I was feeling for many years and found them waiting in Edna's book. . .just incredible.