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The woman as political poet: Edna St. Vincent Millay and the mid-century canon.

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From: Criticism
Date: 19950322
Author:Newcomb, John Timberman

The unfavorable criticism that has been heaped on Edna St. Vincent Millay's poetry in the mid-20th century even after her death shows the influence of critics who belittled social discourse and valued technical and stylistic matters more. This group of critics did not favor populist and feminist writings. Millay, unfortunately, was both populist and a female author espousing women's political rights.

For most of this century Edna St. Vincent Millay was among the most widely-known and read of all American literary figures. Yet at the peak of her popular reputation there began an intensive ...

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