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Edna St. Vincent Millay

Biography EssayDespite a publishing career that spanned three decades and a canon that ranges from lyrics to verse plays and political commentary, Edna St. Vincent Millay is probably best known for he... Read more

Despite a publishing career that spanned three decades and a canon that ranges from lyrics to verse plays and political commentary, Edna St. Vincent Millay is probably best known for her early works, ... Read more

In the following review, originally published in the Dial magazine on 14 Februrary, 1918, Untermeyer praises the collection Renascence and Other Poems as an extraordinary work in which the reader find... Read more

In the following excerpt, Kreymborg praises Millay's exquisite craftsmanship, describing Renascence as a mystical work of prophetic power. O world, I cannot hold thee close enough! Edna ... Read more

In the following excerpt, Cargill defines Renascence as an inspired description of a spiritual struggle. Fame, which even in America may not necessarily mean rich rewards, had come with Renascence,... Read more

In the following excerpt, Brittin praises Renascence as an inspired poem which eloquently conveys “a sense of the immense mystery of the universe.” Renascence, the most salient poem i... Read more

In the following excerpt, Walker interprets Renascence as emblematic of the poet's awareness of the power and fragility her own body. Though born only six years after H. D. (1892 versus 1886... Read more

In the following excerpt, Epstein describes the emotional and erotic context of Millay's poem. In September of 1911 she had written, “There is no time, no distance in my love. It is t... Read more