Apparition of Splendor: Marianne Moore Performing Democracy Through Celebrity, 1952–1970 - Elizabeth Gregory - Books - University of Delaware Press - 9781644531969 - August 13, 2021
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Apparition of Splendor: Marianne Moore Performing Democracy Through Celebrity, 1952–1970


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While the later work of the great Modernist poet Marianne Moore was hugely popular during her final two decades, since her death critics have condemned it as trivial. This book challenges that assessment, demonstrating that Moore used her late-life celebrity to activate egalitarian principles that had long animated her poetry.


280 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released August 13, 2021
ISBN13 9781644531969
Publishers University of Delaware Press
Pages 280
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 25 mm   ·   513 g

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