{"product_id":"rapture-and-melancholy-edna-st-vincent-millay-9780300271133","title":"Rapture and Melancholy: The Diaries of Edna St. Vincent Millay","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first publication of Edna St. Vincent Millay's private, intimate diaries, providing \"a candid self-portrait of the 'bad girl of American letters'\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Provides an occasion to revisit not just [Millay's] improbable life but also her sometimes revelatory work.\"--Abigail Deutsch, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRapture and Melancholy\u003c\/i\u003e paints a picture of artistic triumph, romantic tumult, and a daily life that descended into addiction.\"--Heather Clark, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The English author Thomas Hardy proclaimed that America had two great attractions: the skyscraper, and the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay. In these diaries the great American poet illuminates not only her literary genius, but her life as a devoted daughter, sister, wife, and public heroine; and finally as a solitary, tragic figure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the first publication of the diaries she kept from adolescence until middle age, between 1907 and 1949, focused on her most productive years. Who was the girl who wrote \"Renascence,\" that marvel of early twentieth-century poetry? What trauma or spiritual journey inspired the poem? And after such celebrity why did she vanish into near seclusion after 1940? These questions hover over the life and work, and trouble biographers and readers alike. Intimate, eloquent, these confessions and keen observations provide the key to understanding Millay's journey from small-town obscurity to world fame, and the tragedy of her demise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edna St Vincent Millay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300271131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300271133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.80w x 1.30d","brand":"Edna St Vincent Millay","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069870338303,"sku":"9780300271133","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e7ca8d63-af14-4ab8-93b1-abc929836eb4.jpg?v=1685426985","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rapture-and-melancholy-edna-st-vincent-millay-9780300271133","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}