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Selected Poems – Edna St. Vincent Millay

Selected poems for close reading

Resources:

  • Biography from the Edna St. Vincent Millay Society

  • "Edna St. Vincent Millay" from Poetry Foundation

  • "Edna St. Vincent Millay" from Poets.org

  • "Millay Reads Her Poetry" from the Edna St. Vincent Millay Society

  • PODCAST: "#HerStory 33: Edna St. Vincent Millay by Cathy Grier" from The #HerStory Podcast

  • PODCAST: "Edna St. Vincent Millay, Part 1" from Stuff You Missed in History Class; "Edna St. Vincent Millay, Part 2"

Online Articles:

  • "Defiant and Unsinkable: The Ethos of Edna St. Vincent Millay" by Olivia Gatwood for LitHub

  • "Edna St Vincent Millay's poetry has been eclipsed by her personal life – let's change that" by Amandas Ong for The Guardian

  • "A Lovely Light: Selected Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay" by Caitlin Doyle for Literary Matters

Critical Articles:

  • "Edna St. Vincent Millay and the Poetess Tradition" - Elissa Zellinger

  • "Edna St. Vincent Millay's Gendered Language and Form: Sonnets from an Ungrafted Tree" - Irene R. Fairley

  • "Feeding on Havoc: The Poetics of Edna St. Vincent Millay" - J.D. McClatchy

  • "Female Sexual Strategies in the Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay" - Judith P. Saunders

  • "The Woman as Political Poet: Edna St. Vincent Millay and the Mid-Century Canon" - John Timberman Newcomb

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