May Sarton : a biography

May Sarton : a biography /

This volume is a biography of American poet, novelist, and memoirist May Sarton (1912-1995). Sarton's best and most enduring works probably lies in her journals and memoirs. In these fragile, rambling and honest accounts of her solitary life, Sarton deals with such issues as aging, isolation, s...

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Main Author: Peters, Margot
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Knopf, 1997.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Sarton, May, > 1912-1995.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Feminists > United States > Biography.
Lesbians > United States > Biography.
Feminists.
Lesbian biographies.
LGBTQ+ biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Wondelgem : 1911-1914
  • Refugees : 1914-1919
  • Two worlds : 1919-1925
  • "That lyric time" : 1925-1929
  • Searching : 1929-1930
  • Finding : 1931-1932
  • Disaster : 1932-1935
  • The poet : 1935-1937
  • The novelist : 1937-1939
  • My America : 1940-1944
  • Judy : 1945-1947
  • Cast out : 1947-1948
  • Loss : 1949-1950
  • New novels, new poems, new lovers : 1951-1955
  • "No longer child" : 1956-1958
  • Nelson : 1958-1960
  • Wellesley : 1960-1968
  • Mrs. Stevens dreams deep : 1965-1968
  • "Time of burning" : 1968-1970
  • Chaos : 1970-1972
  • Guru : 1973-1975
  • Poetry again : 1976-1978
  • Intimations of mortality : 1978-1982
  • Last muse : 1982-1984
  • Guardian angel : 1985-1990
  • Dying, and beyond : 1991-1995.

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