Apparition of Splendor: Marianne Moore Performing Democracy Through Celebrity, 1952-1970

by Elizabeth Gregory

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While the later work of the great Modernist poet Marianne Moore was hugely popular during her final two decades, since her death critics have condemned it as trivial. This book challenges that assessment: with fresh readings of many of the late poems and of the iconic, cross-dressing public persona Moore developed to deliver them, Apparition of Splendor demonstrates that Moore used her late-life celebrity in daring and innovative ways to...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1644531968

ISBN13:9781644531969

Release Date:August 2021

Publisher:University of Delaware Press

Length:280 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Age Range:16 years and up

Grade Range:Grade 11 and higher

Related Subjects

Art Arts, Music & Photography Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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Apparition of Splendor: Marianne Moore Performing Democracy Through Celebrity, 1952-1970

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