Literature Network » Emily Dickinson

Critics and connoisseurs. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)

Content courtesy of

From: Harper's Magazine
Date: 20021001
Author:

I greatly enjoyed Cristina Nehring's article on Edna St. Vincent Millay ["Last the Night," Reviews, July]. I have been pleased to see the recent turnaround in critical appraisals of Millay's work, because I teach her, alongside Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Bishop, and Marianne Moore. Nehring, however, mentions the latter two poets in a way that is misleading. Bishop's work is highly musical--much more so than the work of a number of her "modernist" contemporaries, such as Robert Lowell. It is true that Bishop did not turn out to be a sonneteer, as Millay was. Yet to represent ...

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.

Other Articles on Emily Dickinson

About Our Articles: We've partnered with Highbeam Research to provide these article excerpts for your research needs. However, due to copyright laws, we cannot publish the whole article. To view these articles in full length you'll need to use the link above to access the free trial at Highbeam.