LEADER 03997nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910463102003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-520-95478-5 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520954786 035 $a(CKB)2670000000335079 035 $a(EBL)1120966 035 $a(OCoLC)827207385 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000820239 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11411541 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000820239 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10862204 035 $a(PQKB)10691904 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1120966 035 $a(DE-B1597)519202 035 $a(OCoLC)828736905 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520954786 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1120966 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10654371 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL436409 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000335079 100 $a20120710d2013 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA poet's revolution$b[electronic resource] $ethe life of Denise Levertov /$fDonna Krolik Hollenberg 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (532 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-27246-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aListening to distant guns (1923-1948). "The walls of the garden, the first light": beginnings (1923-1933); "When Anna screamed": Levertov's response to Nazi oppression (1933-1939); The double image: apprenticeship during World War Two (1939-1946); "Recoveries": abortion, adventure, and marriage (1947- 48) -- A common ground (1949-1966). "Dancing edgeways": coming of age as a poet in the new world (1949-1955); "The true artist": Levertov's engagement with tradition (1954-1960) -- "The poem ascends": taking a position (1960-1963) -- "To speak of sorrow": Levertov's emergence as a social poet (1963?1966) -- Life at war (1966-74). "Revolution or death": living in the movement (1966-1970); "The freeing of the dust": the revolution hits home (1970-1974) -- Sleepers awake (1975-1988). "A woman alone": beginning again (1975-1981); "Writing in the dark": social protest and liberation theology (1982-1988) -- Resettling (1989-1997). "Of shadow and flame": the re-cognition of identity (1989-1992); "Beauty growls in the fertile dark": facing death (1992-1997). 330 $aThis first full-length biography of Anglo- American poet and activist Denise Levertov (1923-1997) brings to life one of the major voices of the second half of the twentieth century, when American poetry was a powerful influence worldwide. Drawing on exhaustive archival research and interviews with 75 friends of Levertov, as well as on Levertov's entire opus, Donna Krolik Hollenberg's authoritative biography captures the full complexity of Levertov as both woman and artist, and the dynamic world she inhabited. She charts Levertov's early life in England as the daughter of a Russian Hasidic father and a Welsh mother, her experience as a nurse in London during WWII, her marriage to an American after the war, and her move to New York City where she became a major figure in the American poetry scene. The author chronicles Levertov's role as a passionate social activist in volatile times and her importance as a teacher of writing. Finally, Hollenberg shows how the spiritual dimension of Levertov's poetry deepened toward the end of her life, so that her final volumes link lyric perception with political and religious commitment. 606 $aPoets, American$y20th century$vBiography 606 $aJewish Christians$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPoets, American 615 0$aJewish Christians 676 $a811/.54 676 $aB 700 $aHollenberg$b Donna Krolik$0871565 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463102003321 996 $aA poet's revolution$92473010 997 $aUNINA