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Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay

by Nancy Milford
Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna Millay: poet's allure, inner tumult unveiled.

If you find the juxtaposition of outward charisma and inner complexity fascinating, then "Savage Beauty" will likely captivate you. Nancy Milford delves deep into the life of the illustrious poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, uncovering the seductive brilliance that made her an icon, as well as the private struggles that humanized her. It's a read that's as enchanting as it is poignant, revealing the person behind the Pulitzer Prize-winning façade.

  • Lambda Literary Award for Biography (2001)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay

by Nancy Milford
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ISBN: 9780394575896
Authors: Nancy Milford
Publisher: Random House
Date of Publication: 2001-09-04
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Creative Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs, History
Related Topics: Memoir, Biography, Biography Memoir
Goodreads rating: 3.91
(rated by 9474 readers)

Description

Thomas Hardy once said that America had two great attractions: the skyscraper and the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay. The most famous poet of the Jazz Age, Millay captivated the nation: She smoked in public, took many lovers (men and women, single and married), flouted convention sensationally, and became the embodiment of the New Woman. Thirty years after her landmark biography of Zelda Fitzgerald, Nancy Milford returns with an iconic portrait of this passionate, fearless woman who obsessed America even as she tormented herself. Chosen by USA Today as one of the top ten books of the year, Savage Beauty is a triumph in the art of biography. Millay was an American original--one of those rare characters, like Sylvia Plath and Ernest Hemingway, whose lives were even more dramatic than their art.
 

Edna Millay: poet's allure, inner tumult unveiled.

If you find the juxtaposition of outward charisma and inner complexity fascinating, then "Savage Beauty" will likely captivate you. Nancy Milford delves deep into the life of the illustrious poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, uncovering the seductive brilliance that made her an icon, as well as the private struggles that humanized her. It's a read that's as enchanting as it is poignant, revealing the person behind the Pulitzer Prize-winning façade.

  • Lambda Literary Award for Biography (2001)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.