Questions of Travel

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Questions of Travel is a 1965 poetry collection by Elizabeth Bishop that explores themes of travel, place, and perception through her characteristically precise and observant verse.

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instanceOf book
poetry collection
author Elizabeth Bishop
containsPoem Arrival at Santos
Brazil, January 1, 1502
Electrical Storm
In the Village
Manuelzinho
Questions of Travel (poem)
Song for the Rainy Season
The Armadillo
The Burglar of Babylon
The Gentleman of Shalott
The Riverman
The Shampoo
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReception highly acclaimed
followsWork Poems: North & South—A Cold Spring
genre poetry
hasForm formal verse
free verse
lyric poetry
narrative poetry
hasTheme displacement
exile
foreignness
identity
landscape
memory
observation
perception
place
travel
influencedBy Elizabeth Bishop's experiences in Brazil
Elizabeth Bishop's travels
language English
literaryMovement Modernist poetry
partOfAuthorPeriod Elizabeth Bishop's middle period
precedesWork Geography III
publicationYear 1965
publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
settingIncludes Brazil
Nova Scotia
United States
studiedIn American literature courses
poetry seminars
styleCharacteristic formal control
ironic tone
narrative elements
observant detail
precise imagery

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Elizabeth Bishop notableWork Questions of Travel
Elizabeth Bishop notableWork Questions of Travel
subject linked to: Elizabeth