Elizabeth Bishop in Context

Angus Cleghorn is editor of three books on Elizabeth Bishop: Elizabeth Bishop in the 21st Century: Reading the New Editions (2012), The Cambridge Companion to Elizabeth Bishop (2014), and Elizabeth Bishop and the Music of Literature (2019). He co-organized an 'Elizabeth Bishop in Paris' conference at the Sorbonne in 2018. Jonathan Ellis is the author or editor of four books on Elizabeth Bishop, including Art and Memory in the Work of Elizabeth Bishop (2006), The Cambridge Companion to Elizabeth Bishop (2014), and Letter Writing Among Poets (2015). He is also the author of a map of Elizabeth Bishop's Paris (2018).

• Introduction Angus Cleghorn and Jonathan Ellis; Part I. Places: 1. Nova Scotia Sandra Barry; 2. New England Heather Treseler; 3. New York Jo Gill; 4. Paris, France Lisa Goldfarb; 5. Florida Sarah Kennedy; 6. Brazil Neil Besner; Part II. Forms: 7. Lyric poetry Gillian White; 8. Prose Vidyan Ravinthiran; 9. Letters Langdon Hammer; 10. Translation Mariana Machova; 11. Visual art Linda Anderson; 12. Archives Bethany Hicok; Part III. Literary Contexts: 13. Romantic and Victorian poetry Peter Swaab; 14. Surrealism and the Avant-Garde Andrew Epstein; 15. Modernism Philip McGowan; 16. Mid-Century Poetics Kamran Javadizadeh; 17. Brazilian literature Maria Lúcia Milléo Martins; Part IV. Politics, Society and Culture: 18. War Charles Berger; 19. The cold war Steven Axelrod; 20. Music Christopher Spaide; 21. Psychoanalysis Lorrie Goldensohn; 22. Religion Cheryl Walker; 23. Anthropology Barbara Page; 24. Travel Jeffrey Gray; Part V. Identity: 25. Dreams Bonnie Costello; 26. Humor Rachel Trousdale; 27. Gender Deryn Rees-Jones; 28. Queerness Michael Snediker; 29. Race Sandeep Parmar; 30. Nature Angus Cleghorn; 31. Animals Marianne MacRae; Part VI. Reception and Criticism: 32. Bishop studies Thomas Travisano; 33. Criticism and reviews Jonathan Ellis; 34. 'My saving grace': On editing Elizabeth Bishop Lloyd Schwartz; 35. Bishop's influence Stephanie Burt.

'With imagination and precision, this first-rate collection of essays explores the varied contexts – geographical, familial, historical, artistic, intellectual, social, cultural and political – that influenced Elizabeth Bishop's literary career.  Read in such diverse contexts, Bishop's work emerges as more complex, multi-faceted, and surprising than even long-term readers might expect. This book is a must-read for readers new to Bishop and for those that thought they knew her.' Susan Rosenbaum, University of Georgia