Films for the Humanities and Sciences - Edna St. Vincent Millay: Renascence

Edna St. Vincent Millay: Renascence

Burning the candle at both ends, Edna St. Vincent Millay exemplified the rebirth of American letters after World War I. Writing as an independent woman who interacted equally with her male contemporaries, she helped shape the poetic ethos of the 1920s. Largely in her own words and using family and period photos, this portrait traces her poetic development from her Maine roots, through her Greenwich Village years, to her European travels and her growing social and political activism. Produced by Vanessa Barth and Doreen Conboy. (60 minutes)

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