"In illuminating the poetry, which she accomplishes with critical mastery, she has also cracked the imagistic and linguistic codes that often resist interpretation when we come to the work and lives of very fine poets....Her book offers a comprehensive and celebratory initiation."--Harvard Review "Doreski's book provides a compelling and in depth analysis of Bishop's poetic accomplishments, and her attention to Bishop's poetic aesthetic is particularly provocative. Scholars, teachers, and students will all find the book to be an essential resource for Bishop studies."--Lea Baechler, Columbia University "In illuminating the poetry, which she accomplishes with critical mastery, she has also cracked the imagistic and linguistic codes that often resist interpretation when we come to the work and lives of very fine poets....Her book offers a comprehensive and celebratory initiation."--Harvard Review "Doreski's book provides a compelling and in depth analysis of Bishop's poetic accomplishments, and her attention to Bishop's poetic aesthetic is particularly provocative. Scholars, teachers, and students will all find the book to be an essential resource for Bishop studies."--Lea Baechler, Columbia University