A Poet's Revolution: The Life of Denise Levertov

ISBN-13: 9780520272460 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 532 str.

Donna Krolik Hollenberg

Opis

This first full-length biography of Anglo- American poet and activist Denise Levertov (1923-1997) brings to life one of the major voices of the second half of the twentieth century, when American poetry was a powerful influence worldwide. Drawing on exhaustive archival research and interviews with 75 friends of Levertov, as well as on Levertov s entire opus, Donna Krolik Hollenberg s authoritative biography captures the full complexity of Levertov as both woman and artist, and the dynamic world she inhabited. She charts Levertov s early life in England as the daughter of a Russian Hasidic father and a Welsh mother, her experience as a nurse in London during WWII, her marriage to an American after the war, and her move to New York City where she became a major figure in the American poetry scene. The author chronicles Levertov s role as a passionate social activist in volatile times and her importance as a teacher of writing. Finally, Hollenberg shows how the spiritual dimension of Levertov s poetry deepened toward the end of her life, so that her final volumes link lyric perception with political and religious commitment."