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Mrs. Stevens hears the mermaids singing. A novel

Sarton's most important novel tells the story of a poet in her seventies, whose life is retold episodically during an interview with two writers from a literary magazine Hilary Stevens's prolific career includes a provocative novel that shot her into the public consciousness years ago, and an oeuvre of poetry that more recently has consigned her to near-obscurity. Now in the twilight of her life, Hilary, who is both a feminist and a lesbian, is receiving renewed attention for an upcoming collection of poems, one that has brought two young reporters to her Cape Cod home. As Hilary prepares for.

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  • "Sarton's most important novel tells the story of a poet in her seventies, whose life is retold episodically during an interview with two writers from a literary magazine Hilary Stevens's prolific career includes a provocative novel that shot her into the public consciousness years ago, and an oeuvre of poetry that more recently has consigned her to near-obscurity. Now in the twilight of her life, Hilary, who is both a feminist and a lesbian, is receiving renewed attention for an upcoming collection of poems, one that has brought two young reporters to her Cape Cod home. As Hilary prepares for."@en
  • ""Mary Sarton's ninth novel explores a woman's struggle to reconcile the claims of life and art, to transmute passion ans pain into poetry. As it opens, Hilary Stevens, a renowned poet in her seventies, is talking with Mar, an intense young man who has sought her out and whose passionate despair reminds her of herself when young. Mar has had an unhappy love affair with a man. Bewildered by both his sexuality and his writing talent, he flings his anguish against Hilary's brusque, sympathetic intelligence. The next event in this emotionally charged dayis the arrival of a team of interviewers sent by a leading literary periodical to search out the reasons and mysteries behind the poet's work. In her efforts to answer the questions put to her, Hilary Stevens retraces her past, seeking the link between encounters with the muse, those passionate attachments to women who ignited her imagination, and her own epiphanies. 'We have to dare to be ourselves, ' she says, 'however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.' In taking inventory of her own creative life, Hilary Stevens recalls how the 'mermaids' sang. 'Love opens the doors into everything, as far as I can see, including, and perhaps most of all, the door into one's secret, real self.'"--Jacket."
  • "From the Publisher: May Sarton's ninth novel explores a woman's struggle to reconcile the claims of life and art, to transmute passion and pain into poetry."@en
  • "Hilary Stevens - in her 70's and a renowned poet - is disrupted first by a young poet, then by two journalists seeking the source of her creativity. They help her come to terms with her past, in the first book in which Sarton wrote openly about homosexual love."
  • "Tells the story of Hilary Stevens, a 70-year old poet and novelist who lives in a house by the sea with her cat, Sirenica. When a two-person team comes to interview her, she reflects on her life, love affairs, and literary career ... a fascinating fictional portrait of a woman writer coming to terms with the terminus of her life and the art she has produced. [We] hear the characters discuss the novels and poetry books written by herr; the book has an almost Borgesian flavor in parts as this imaginary oeuvre is explored. Sarton also explores sexual and romantic love in its various permutations: male-male, female-male, anon her life, love affairs, and literary career. Sarton deals with a number of compelling issues in this book: the tension between female creativity and procreativity; women's mental health; the fickle fortunes of the literary world; and the impact of a book's reception on its author. Sarton has a satiric touch in her look at the literary/publishing establishment, a gentle touch in her look at human relations. And throughout there are some nice touches, like details about Hilary's work in her garden. Overall, a solid achievement from an impressively prolific writer."@en

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  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Translations"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Lesbian fiction"

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  • "Mrs. Stevens hoort de zeemeerminnen zingen"
  • "Mrs. Stevens hears the mermaids singing : A novel"
  • "Mrs. Stevens hört die Meerjungfrau singen"
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  • "Mrs. Stevens Hears the mermaids singing : a novel"
  • "Mrs. Stevens hört die Meerjungfrauen singen"
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  • "Mrs. Stevens hears the mermaids singing; a novel"@en
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