Elizabeth Sewell (writer)
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Born | March 9, 1919 Ph.D. |
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Spouse(s) | Anthony C. Sirignano, 1971 |
Parent(s) | Robert Beresford Seymour and Dorothy (Dean) Sewell |
Elizabeth Sewell (March 9, 1919 – January 12, 2001) was a British-American critic, poet, novelist, and professor who often wrote about the connections between science and literature.[1][2] Among her published works were five books of criticism, four novels, three books of poetry,[1] and many short stories, essays, and other work in periodicals in North America and Europe.[3] Of her books, the most widely held by libraries is The Orphic Voice: Poetry and Natural History.[4]
Sewell completed the requirements for a
She held a Simon Fellowship at
Sewell married Anthony C. Sirignano, a university lecturer in classics, in 1971.[5] She died in 2001 in Greensboro, North Carolina.[1]
Bibliography
Criticism
- The Structure of Poetry (1951) OCLC 1482159
- Paul Valery, the Mind in the Mirror (1952) OCLC 2963111
- The Field of Nonsense (1952) OCLC 1052656
- The Orphic Voice: Poetry and Natural History (1960) ISBN 978-1-68137-218-1
- The Human Metaphor (1964) OCLC 331707
- Lewis Carroll: Voices from France (2008 – published posthumously) OCLC 299241116
Essays
- To Be a True Poem: Essays (1979) OCLC 469992820
Poetry
- Poems, 1947−1961 (1962) OCLC 250801018
- Signs and Cities (1968) OCLC 438358
- Acquist (1984) OCLC 10851184
Novels
- The Dividing of Time (1951) OCLC 1476092
- The Singular Hope (1955) OCLC 12587478
- Now Bless Thyself (1962) OCLC 1450833
- The Unlooked-For (1995) OCLC 35921684
Memoir
- An Idea (1983) OCLC 9370832
Other
- For Love (1980) OCLC 5999935
Sewell's papers, including manuscripts, correspondence, research, diaries, audio, and other material, are on file in the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Elizabeth Sewell, 81, Versatile Writer". The New York Times. January 22, 2001. p. B6. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
- S2CID 330367. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Schenck, David; Mullins, Phil. "On Reuniting Poetry and Science: A Memoir of Elizabeth Sewell, 1919–2001" (PDF). Polanyi Society. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
- ^ "Sewell, Elizabeth 1919−2001". WorldCat. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
- ^ a b c "(Margaret) Elizabeth Sewell". Contemporary Authors Online. Gale. 2001. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
- ^ "Poetry: Elizabeth Sewell". Boston University. Retrieved August 29, 2019.