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Leavell, Linda, 1954-
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Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972.
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Poets, American -- Missouri -- Biography.
Mothers and daughters -- Biography.
Fatherless families -- Biography.
Single women -- United States -- Biography.
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Leavell, Linda, 1954-
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972.
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Poets, American -- Missouri -- Biography.
Mothers and daughters -- Biography.
Fatherless families -- Biography.
Single women -- United States -- Biography.
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Holding
on
upside
down
: the
life
and
work
of
Marianne
Moore
/ Linda Leavell.
by
Leavell, Linda, 1954-
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
Call #:
921 M823L
Subjects
Moore
,
Marianne
, 1887-1972.
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Poets, American -- Missouri -- Biography.
Mothers and daughters -- Biography.
Fatherless families -- Biography.
Single women -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780374107291 (hc.)
0374107297 (hc.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
xxi, 455 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"A mesmerizing and essential biography of the modernist American poet
Marianne
Moore
. The
Marianne
Moore
that survives in the popular imagination is dignified, white-haired, and demure in her tricorne hat; she lives with her mother until the latter’s death; she maintains meaningful friendships with fellow poets but never marries or falls in love. Linda Leavell delves beneath the surface of this calcified image to reveal a passionate, canny woman caught between genuine devotion to her mother and an irrepressible desire for personal autonomy and freedom. Her many poems about survival are not just quirky nature studies but acts of survival themselves. Not only did the young poet join the Greenwich Village artists and writers who wanted to overthrow all her mother's pieties but she also won their admiration for the radical originality of her language and the technical proficiency of her verse. After her mother's death thirty years later, the aging recluse transformed herself, against all expectations, into a charismatic performer and beloved celebrity. She won virtually every literary prize available to her and was widely hailed as America's greatest living poet. Elegantly written, meticulously researched, critically acute, and psychologically nuanced"--Provided by publisher.
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