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Savage Beauty: the life of Edna St. Vincent Millay

Savage Beauty: the life of Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Savage Beauty: the life of Edna St. Vincent Millay

by Milford, Nancy

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ISBN 10
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ISBN 13
9780394575896
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New York: Random House, 2001. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Jacket spine is rolled at the head and foot.. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Good. Mylared.

Synopsis

Thirty years after the smashing success of Zelda, Nancy Milford returns with a stunning second act. Savage Beauty is the portrait of a passionate, fearless woman who obsessed American ever as she tormented herself.If F. Scott Fitzgerald was the hero of the Jazz Age, Edna St. Vincent Millay, as flamboyant in her love affairs as she was in her art, was its heroine. The first woman ever to win the Pulitzer Prize, Millay was dazzling in the performance of herself. Her voice was likened to an instrument of seduction and her impact on crowds, and on men, was legendary. Yet beneath her studied act, all was not well. Milford calls her book "a family romance"--for the love between the three Millay sisters and their mother was so deep as to be dangerous. As a family, they were like real-life Little Women, with a touch of Mommie Dearest.Nancy Milford was given exclusive access to Millay's papers, and what she found was an extraordinary treasure. Boxes and boxes of letter flew back and forth among the three sisters and their mother--and Millay kept the most intimate diary, one whose ruthless honesty brings to mind Sylvia Plath. Written with passion and flair, Savage Beauty is an iconic portrait of a woman's life.

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On Mar 29 2014, a reader said:
"Savage Beauty" is about Edna St. Vincent Millay. I knew nothing about her, but the title grabbed my attention at a book sale. I could not put the book down! She was a fascinating, but sad, person. The book is interspersed with some of her poetry. I rarely read poetry, and yet, it worked for me, especially in the context of this book. Much of the information for this bio was obtained from journals/diaries held by Millay's sister, which had not previously been released. A thoroughly fascinating book.
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Bookseller's Inventory #
030109
Title
Savage Beauty: the life of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Author
Milford, Nancy
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good -
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First Edition, 2nd Printing
ISBN 10
039457589X
ISBN 13
9780394575896
Publisher
Random House
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2001
Keywords
LITERARY BIOGRAPHY EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY
Bookseller catalogs
Literary Biography;

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