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Elizabeth Bishop and the Music of Literature, 1st ed. 2019
Palgrave Studies in Music and Literature Series
Coordinator: Cleghorn Angus
Language: EnglishPublication date: 12-2020
121 p. · 14.8x21 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 12-2019
121 p. · 14.8x21 cm · Hardback
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Elizabeth Bishop and the Music of Literature brings together the latest understandings of how central music was to Bishop?s writing. This collection considers Bishop?s reworking of metrical and rhythmic forms of poetry; the increasing presence of prosaic utterances into speech-soundscapes; how musical poetry intones new modes of thinking through aural vision; how Bishop transforms traditionally distasteful tones of violence, banality, and commerce into innovative poetry; how her diverse, lifelong musical education (North American, European, Brazilian) affects her work; and also how her diverse musical settings have inspired global contemporary composers. The essays flesh out the missing elements of music, sound, and voice in previous research that are crucial to understanding how Bishop?s writing continues to dazzle readers and inspire artists in surprising ways.
Angus Cleghorn is Professor of English and Liberal Studies at Seneca College, Canada. He has co-edited The Cambridge Companion to Elizabeth Bishop (2014), Elizabeth Bishop in the 21st-Century: Reading the New Editions (2012), authored Wallace Stevens’ Poetics: The Neglected Rhetoric (2000), and published numerous essays on Stevens and Bishop.