A world of light : portraits and celebrations /
In A World of Light, renowned poet and novelist May Sarton renders unforgettable portraits of the friends she considers family--and the family she looks upon as friends. From her father, famed science historian George Sarton, she learns that work is "of the first importance." Her mother, M...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton and Company,
[1976]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | In A World of Light, renowned poet and novelist May Sarton renders unforgettable portraits of the friends she considers family--and the family she looks upon as friends. From her father, famed science historian George Sarton, she learns that work is "of the first importance." Her mother, Mabel, an artist in her own right, is her "dearest friend." Sarton also introduces us to fellow creative minds Elizabeth Bowen and Louise Brogan, Swiss vigneron Marc Turian, a New Hampshire painter named Quig, and many others. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Arden Eversmeyer Collection. |
| Physical Description: | 254 pages : illustration, portraits ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780393075069 0393075060 |