Burning Candles The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay /
She was her generation's Madonna and Bob Dylan rolled into one-and yet, by the 1970s, major poetry anthologies no longer mentioned Edna St. Vincent Millay. She had become a lost poet, her literary status mirroring her untimely death. This program documents the brief yet bright "candle"...
| Other Authors: | Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., International Documentary Tele. |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2011], c2009.
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| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (93 min.) : sd., col., digital file. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction to Edna St. Vincent Millay (4:37)
- Scandalous Poetry (3:42)
- Edna St. Vincent Millay's Mother (2:31)
- Edna St. Vincent Millay's Teens (5:04)
- Millay Finds Patron (3:55)
- Millay at Vassar (5:07)
- Millay Expelled from Vassar (3:40)
- Poetry and Passion (4:48)
- Poetry: Prescription for Life (1:30)
- Millay in Greenwich Village (2:11)
- Relationships with Men (4:11)
- Celebrity Status (2:33)
- Edna St. Vincent Millay in Paris (2:25)
- Marriage and Surgery (5:21)
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2:10)
- Millay in the Country (3:04)
- Millay the Librettist (2:26)
- Love Affair (6:03)
- Relationship with George Dillon (3:34)
- Love Sonnets (3:46)
- Heartbroken Husband (3:40)
- Drugs and Drug Addiction (3:41)
- Propaganda Poetry (2:51)
- Death of Eugen Jan Boissevain (2:15)
- Death of Edna St. Vincent Millay (3:47)
- Legacy of Edna St. Vincent Millay (2:51)
- Credits: 'Burning Candles: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay' (1:05)