A Review of Elizabeth Bishop’s Poem “Crusoe in England” (9296 words, 41 pages)
Robert PinskyIn Elizabeth Bishop's bizarre, sly, deceptively plainspoken latepoem "Crusoe in England," the famous solitary looks back on his life near itsend, recalling his isolation and rescue in ways deeper and more unsettling than Defoecould have dreamed. After painting the hallucinatory, vivid island, with hissing volcanoesand hissing giant turtles--an unforgettable ...
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