“And Then His Mother Wouldn’t Recognize Him”: Freed Verse and Loss in Elizabeth Bishop’s “Crusoe in England”

Elizabeth Bishop’s circumspect poem “Crusoe in England” reveals itself as an elegy—for Friday, Robinson Crusoe’s island companion—more than three-quarters of the way in. The poem never quite reveals what many critics agree is its obscurer purpose as an elegy for Lota de Macedo Soares,

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Hannah Loeb

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University of Virginia (US)

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Journal: Contemporary Literature
Published: 2024-10-01
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/cl.64.4.525
Primary Topic: Poetry Analysis and Criticism
Type: article
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“And Then His Mother Wouldn’t Recognize Him”: Freed Verse and Loss in Elizabeth Bishop’s “Crusoe in England”

Hannah Loeb

Oct 1, 2024

Contemporary Literature

Poetry Analysis and Criticism

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“And Then His Mother Wouldn’t Recognize Him”: Freed Verse and Loss in Elizabeth Bishop’s “Crusoe in England”

Hannah Loeb

October 1, 2024article en

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Contemporary LiteratureVol. 64(4)

University of Virginia (US)

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Poetry Analysis and Criticism

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