Elizabeth Bishop: References & Edit History
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Studies of Elizabeth Bishopâs life and works include Brett C. Millier, Elizabeth Bishop: Life and the Memory of It (1993); Lloyd Schwartz and Sybil P. Estess (eds.), Elizabeth Bishop and Her Art (1983); Thomas J. Travisano, Elizabeth Bishop: Her Artistic Development (1988), and Love Unknown: The Life and Worlds of Elizabeth Bishop (2019); Lorrie Goldensohn, Elizabeth Bishop: The Biography of a Poetry (1992); Anne Stevenson, Five Looks at Elizabeth Bishop (1998); and Megan Marshall, Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast (2017). Carmen L. Oliveira, Rare and Commonplace Flowers (2002), explores Bishopâs relationship with Lota de Macedo Soares. Colm TĂłibĂn, On Elizabeth Bishop (2011), offers TĂłibĂnâs personal perspective on Bishopâs life and works.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | Feb 04, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Oct 02, 2025 | ||
| Added more information about some of her individual poems. | Jan 28, 2025 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 28, 2025 | ||
| âEdgar Allen Poe & the Juke-Boxâ changed to âEdgar Allan Poe & the Juke-Boxâ; Additional Reading section expanded. | May 17, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllPoetry - Biography of Elizabeth Bishop. | May 28, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pegasos - Biography of Elizabeth Bishop. | Jul 31, 2013 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 21, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Isle of Lesbos - Popular Contemporary Lesbian & Bisexual Poets. | Sep 19, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Isle of Lesbos - Popular Contemporary Lesbian & Bisexual Poets. | Sep 19, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Academy of American Poets - Biography of Elizabeth Bishop. | Aug 01, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Modern American Poetry - Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979). | Aug 01, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Aug 09, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Nov 01, 2000 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 17, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |