The Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay

Author

Geraldine Cox, Marquette University

Date of Award

1-1938

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Department

Literatures, Languages, and Cultures

First Advisor

John Purcell

Second Advisor

W. J. Keegan

Abstract

The late Thomas Hardy once remarked that there were only two great things in the United States: what he called our "recessional buildings", and the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay. Such praise of Miss Millay's work is proof that she has reached an enviable position in twentieth century li­terature. To our way of thinking such approbation from the late dean of modern novelists exceeds even the honor of winning the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1922 with the poem, The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver.

Comments

A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts of Marquette University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy

Recommended Citation

Cox, Geraldine, "The Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay" (1938). Bachelors’ Theses. 450.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bachelor_essays/450