THE INDIGO BUNTING

by Vincent Sheean ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 17, 1951

Subtitled A Memoir of Edna St. Vincent Millay, this is a perceptive, sensitive, scholarly study, in part a very personal record, in part an analysis of the peculiar qualities of her genius. Sheean actually knew her but briefly, in the latter years of her life. He reports one memorable visit to her home near Austerlitz, another magic day in the island summer retreat off the coast of Maine, and in both, he stresses the almost aura that surrounded her, the classic Greek quality of her very being and its of her writing. That birds were to her a particularly vital part of life a link between a lively concern and its reflection recurrently in her poetry. goes farther, giving it a psychological significance. He throws some light on the legendary quality of her fame, the unique emotional element in her youthful writings, and in his own contagious enthusiasm for her work implies one to turn again to half-remembered poems with a new sense of excitement and discovery.

Pub Date: Oct. 17, 1951

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Harper

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1951

Categories: NONFICTION