savage beauty the life of edna st vincent millay

Vincent Millay gives us a wonderful portrait of 'this passionate, fearless woman who obsessed America even as she tormented herself.' Her poetry became the voice of the young women and men of her time. The most famous poet of the Jazz Age, Millay took the nation by storm: She smoked in public, took many lovers (men and women, single and married), flouted convention sensationally, and became the embodiment of the New Woman. Thomas Hardy is credited with saying that America had two great attractions: the skyscraper and the poetry of Edna St. She captivated and seduced she entranced and captured hearts.through the written word and in every day life. When she read her poetry, she held the attention of the audience like no author had since Dickens had made his tours of America. She was tiny and luminous, filled with ambition and a sense of her power as a poet.and as a woman. According to her biographer, Nancy Milford, falling in love with Millay was something that was very easy to do. I borrowed every volume of poetry that the local library had and when I came across a volume of her work while in college, I naturally bought it. Vincent Millay when I was in high school. Ten Things That I've Done And You Probably Haven't.Back to the Classics Challenge (or How Peer Pressu.League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Challenge.Cruisin' Thru the Cozies 2012 (or Yes, I found ano.Top Ten Tuesday: Out of the Comfort Zone.Booking Through Thursday: Reading Gadgets.

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Savage beauty the life of edna st vincent millay