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Title: Poetry For Young People: Edna St. Vincent Millay by Francis Schoonmaker, Mike Bryce ISBN: 0-8069-5928-2 Publisher: Sterling Publishing Pub. Date: 31 December, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.71 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Beautiful.
Comment: The illustrations and the poetry create feelings and emotions which go beyond the pages. Mike Bryces illustrations pull you into the poetry with a style that is breath taking. The poetry will linger in your mind the illustrations in your heart. You will find yourself going to it time and time again.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great... but not the best for a young reader...
Comment: This will be a reallly personal review.
I first discovered Edna in my senior high school humanities class. When I first read it I thought, "That's so real! That's me! I can relate to that!" She so eloquently put what I wanted to say but was not capable of in my late teens and early 20's into words.
Now that I am past the dating years and finally read a short bio on the author I realize that all I really liked about her writing was that she was a modern day "fast girl" (if you catch my drift). I really feel betrayed because I thought I was so literate and now I wonder what liking her poetry so much said about me.
So now I feel for the author beacause she chose to live in the fast lane and then dull the pain and escape into drugs and alcohol... which maybe was the better choice for her if infamous was on her list of things to become.
Though I do recommend her reading strongly in general because it's romantic and interesting and delightful, I don't think it's appropriate for "young people" with lines like "What lips my lips have kissed"... Unless ofcourse instilling Catholic schoolgirl guilt into your child is at the top of your priority list... or you want to give her poems to read to her boyfriend... or something... use your discretion...
Rating: 5
Summary: Poetry, Art and a Life all in One
Comment: I opened this book at weekly Storytime...my son likes to play with the trains while my daughters listen to the story.. I thought, "I'll just look at this for a moment" and I was transfixed for the entirety of storytime.
Yes, as the other reviewers have stated the illustrations are amazing, the poetry.... mind opening. Another facet of this book is the brief and compelling biography of Edna St. Vincent Millay.
I knew very little about her... now that I know the little that I know from this book, I am hungry for more of her work as well as more of her life.
Excellent book -- I am going to look into other titles in this series as well (The Poetry for Young People ) to see if the others are as above average as this one.
Each illustration could be the focus of additional conversation: I see myself reading these poems repeatedly with my children. They are simple, elegant and timeless.
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Title: Poetry for Young People: William Wordsworth by Alan Liu, James Muir ISBN: 0806982772 Publisher: Sterling Publications Pub. Date: 28 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Poetry for Young People: Samuel Taylor Coleridge by James Engell, Harvey Chan ISBN: 0806969512 Publisher: Sterling Publications Pub. Date: 28 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Poetry for Young People: Alfred, Lord Tennyson by John Maynard, Allen Garns ISBN: 0806966122 Publisher: Sterling Publications Pub. Date: 28 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Poetry for Young People: William Carlos Williams by Christopher MacGowan, Robert Crockett ISBN: 1402700067 Publisher: Sterling Publications Pub. Date: 28 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: A Poem of Her Own : Voices of American Women Yesterday and Today by Catherine Clinton, Stephen Alcorn ISBN: 0810942402 Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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