Author: Vallier, Jane E.,
Title: Poet on Demand: the life, letters and works of Celia Thaxter.
Description: Camden, ME, Down East Books, (1982). G lg sz PB. During the last quarter of the 19th century, Celia Thaxter was the most popular of America's women poets. Vallier explores. the meaning and sumbolism of Thaxter's poetry and describes how Celia's unhappy marriage and her life on the Isles of Shoals colored her poetry and prose. Included are 53 of her poems plus a reprint of "A Memorable Murder", the story of the killing of two women on Smuttynose Island in 1873. Edge wear, few corner creases.

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