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A Poet's Revolution - by Donna Hollenberg (Hardcover)

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  • 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.
  • About the Author: Donna Hollenberg is a Professor of English at the University of Connecticut, Storrs.
  • 532 Pages
  • Poetry, American

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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.



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"Donna Hollenberg's long-awaited biography of Denise Levertov illuminates for us the mind and career of a poet who embodied the passionate idealism and the ideological tensions of America's last half-century. Hollenberg's work chronicles the poet's struggles with family, with other poets and with herself--with scrupulous and sometimes heartbreaking intimacy, revealing but never over-explaining the connections between Levertov's life and the beauty and subtlety of her writing."--Alicia Ostriker, author of The Crack in Everything

"[Hollenberg's] account of the evolution of Levertov's 'revolution, ' the path of her poetic and political 'pilgrimage, ' is informed and thorough, sympathetic but balanced. This is a book that fills a real need and will be a benchmark in our understanding of this poet and her place in American letters."--Albert Gelpi, Coe Professor of American Literature, emeritus, Stanford University

"This deeply researched and beautifully written biography provides a fascinating portrait of a major poet and her worlds. The book is indispensable for anyone interested in postwar American poetry in the Pound-Williams line. But Levertov's story is not only about the growth of a poet's mind. We follow her through the drama of twentieth century history and cultural change as she calls us not only to 'taste and see' but to protest and revolt."--Bonnie Costello, author of Planets on Tables: Poetry, Still Life and the Turning World



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"A beautifully written, impeccably researched biography of a great activist poet whom Kenneth Rexroth called the 'most profound, the most modest, and most moving.'"--Tom Lavoie "Shelf Awareness" (5/3/2013 12:00:00 AM)

"Impressive scope."--Anne Dewey "Resources for American Literary Study" (12/1/2014 12:00:00 AM)

"Ladies and gentlemen: the poet is in the world. In more ways than one, now that this new biography of Denise Levertov (author of The Poet in the World) has hit the scene."-- "Poetry Foundation's Harriet Blog" (7/9/2013 12:00:00 AM)

"Levertov's life is intrinsically interesting; stubbornly individualistic, she subscribed to no particular school of poetry. . . . Her influence remains pervasive."--Eric Ormsby "Times Literary Supplement" (5/24/2013 12:00:00 AM)

"Like a good teacher, a good biographer opens doors or shows us new things in rooms to which we thought we already had access. . . . "A Poet's Revolution" turns the many faces of Denise Levertov's poetry to the light. It's a weighty volume, worth every ounce."--Richard Wakefield "Seattle Times" (7/8/2013 12:00:00 AM)

"This biography is the labor of many years and of deep reflection and care. . . . For lovers of Levertov and students of her poetic era and its vast crowd of characters, it will be worth the wait."--David Mehegan "Arts Fuse" (5/22/2013 12:00:00 AM)

"A Poet's Revolution is the fullest account to date of key movements in Levertov's life and art: her development as a poet from World War II to the Vietnam War to the political conflicts of the 1980s and 1990s. Hollenberg deftly moves between biographical and historical context and detailed close reading, refracting Levertov's vast body of work"-- "Against the Current" (3/1/2016 12:00:00 AM)



About the Author



Donna Hollenberg is a Professor of English at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. She is the author of H.D.: The Poetics of Childbirth and Creativity and the editor of Between History and Poetry: The Letters of H.D. and Norman Holmes Pearson and HD and Poets After.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.1 Inches (W) x 1.7 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.85 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 532
Genre: Poetry
Sub-Genre: American
Publisher: University of California Press
Theme: General
Format: Hardcover
Author: Donna Hollenberg
Language: English
Street Date: April 17, 2013
TCIN: 92437674
UPC: 9780520272460
Item Number (DPCI): 247-05-6865
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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