Geography III

E516038

Geography III is a 1976 poetry collection by American poet Elizabeth Bishop, noted for its precise language, autobiographical elements, and exploration of geography, memory, and perception.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Geography III canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf book
poetry collection
author Elizabeth Bishop
containsAutobiographicalElements yes
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReception highly acclaimed
follows The Complete Poems, 1927–1972
linked to: The Complete Poems
genre poetry
hasParatext epigraphs from 19th-century geography textbooks
hasPoem 12 O’Clock News
Crusoe in England
linked to: Robinson Crusoe

Five Flights Up
In the Waiting Room
One Art
Poem
The End of March
The Moose
The Riverman
The Shampoo
hasTheme childhood memory
geography
identity
loss
perception
travel
influencedBy Elizabeth Bishop’s childhood in Nova Scotia
Elizabeth Bishop’s travels
language English
literaryMovement modernist-influenced American poetry
literaryPeriod 20th-century American poetry
notableFor autobiographical elements
exploration of geography
exploration of memory
exploration of perception
precise language
partOf Elizabeth Bishop bibliography
publicationYear 1976
publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
settingElement Brazil
New England
Nova Scotia
significance one of Elizabeth Bishop’s major late works
structure single-volume collection of poems
styleCharacteristic formal control
ironic tone
narrative elements
vivid imagery

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elizabeth Bishop notableWork Geography III
Elizabeth Bishop notableWork Geography III
subject linked to: Elizabeth
Questions of Travel precedesWork Geography III
One Art collection Geography III