| Tesserae: Memories and Suppositions Contributor(s): Levertov, Denise (Author) |
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ISBN: 0811212920 ISBN-13: 9780811212922 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1995 Annotation: Tesserae, the small individual pieces of glass or stone that make up a mosaic, is an apt title for this series of memoirs by Denise Levertov. Rather than being a completed autobiography, these collected memoirs are, for the author, fragments of an unfinished mosaic. Each of the twenty-seven pieces of Tesserae explores a memory vital to Levertov's life; each is complete in itself and set here chronologically. And, as in any good mosaic, each piece reflects at different angles creating a play of light which gives this self-portrait its living complexity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 95002954 |
| Lexile Measure: 1240 |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 5.65" W x 8.32" (0.87 lbs) 148 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Tesserae, the small individual pieces of glass or stone that make up a mosaic, is an apt title for this series of memoirs by Denise Levertov. Rather than a completed autobiography, these collected memoirs are, for the author, fragments composed from time to time between poems. Each of the twenty-seven pieces of Tesserae explores a memory vital to Levertov's life; each is complete in itself and set here chronologically. And, as in any good mosaic, every piece reflects light at different angles, giving this self-portrait its living complexity. Tesserae differs for the first time the unique memoirs or a poet who may just be the finest writing in English today (Kirkus Reviews). |
Contributor Bio(s): Levertov, Denise: - Denise Levertov (1923-1997) was a British born American poet. She wrote and published 20 books of poetry, criticism, translations. She also edited several anthologies. Among her many awards and honors, she received the Shelley Memorial Award, the Robert Frost Medal, the Lenore Marshall Prize, the Lannan Award, a grant from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. |