Abstract:A Few Figs from Thistles (1920) has been received much differently than Edna St. Vincent Millay’s other poetic work. Scholars repeatedly describe this volume as “light verse,” an impression that, I argue, is misinformed. This mischaracterization of Millay’s Figs from Thistles is not only due to the literary and cultural challenges faced by women modernist writers of the 1920s, but also because of the volume’s difficult production history, including her original publisher’s poor business practices and the res… Show more
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