{"product_id":"inscrutable-houses-metaphors-of-the-body-in-the-poems-of-elizabeth-bishop","title":"Inscrutable Houses: Metaphors of the Body in the Poems of Elizabeth Bishop","description":"Examining the poet's view of the human body and issues of embodiment,\nColwell provides an accessible, close reading of Bishop's poetry.\nInscrutable Houses examines Elizabeth Bishop's\nparadoxical relationship to the concept of embodiment as it evolves in\nthe poems of her four published books. Anne Colwell looks at how Bishop\nuses metaphors of the body to express her powerful ambivalence about human\nform, at how Bishop moves between pessimism, expressing the idea that the\nbody is the reason for all human loss and misunderstanding, and optimism,\nseeing the body as the medium for all human connection, for love and knowledge.\nA combined focus on metaphors of the body in her published\nwork and Bishop's means of arriving at these metaphors through her compositional\nprocess therefore highlights important connections between the poet's work\nand her life, particularly her childhood losses, the influence of contemporary\npoets, and her personal relationships. Bishop published four collections\nof poetry, numerous short stories, autobiographical sketches, and several\nprose pieces on travel. Her double collection titled Poems: North and\nSouth--ACold Spring, published in 1955, won the Pulitzer Prize, and\nthe later collection Complete Poems (1969) earned her the National\nBook Award.\nColwell's innovative reading not only is valuable in itself\nbut also gives deeper insight into a great and inßuential poet and\ncontributes to the arguments of more overtly theoretical readings of Bishop's\nwork.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0817308903\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0817308903.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Colwell, Anne\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43776317161533,"sku":"BVV.0817308903.G","price":350.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0817308903-0.jpg?v=1791321075","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/inscrutable-houses-metaphors-of-the-body-in-the-poems-of-elizabeth-bishop","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}