2008
Burning Candles: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay
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She was her generation’s Madonna and Bob Dylan rolled into one—and yet, by the 1970s, major poetry anthologies no longer mentioned Edna St. Vincent Millay. She had become a lost poet, her literary sta...
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Burning Candles: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Genre: Dokumenter
She was her generation’s Madonna and Bob Dylan rolled into one—and yet, by the 1970s, major poetry anthologies no longer mentioned Edna St. Vincent Millay. She had become a lost poet, her literary status mirroring her untimely death. This program documents the brief yet bright “candle” of Millay’s artistic development, from her early years in Maine to her achievements in the literary world of New York, while exploring her celebrity, sexuality, and personal relationships. Among the many eye-opening locations featured in the film is the house in which Millay spent her final years; its contents have remained untouched since the poet’s death and provide a catalyst for the study of her troubled, exuberant life. Never-before-seen archival images and interviews with Millay scholars also enrich the narrative.
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Robert A. Duncan
Director
Robert A. Duncan
Writers
Cast
Edna St. Vincent Millay
As Herself (Archival Footage)
Robert A. Duncan
As Narrator
Jennifer Lines
As Reader
J.D. McClatchy
As Editor, Yale Review
Elizabeth Barnett
As Literary Executor
Nancy Milford
As Biographer: "Savage Beauty"
Daniel Mark Epstein
As Biographer: "What Lips My Lips Have Kissed"
Stephen Young
As Poetry Magazine
Christian Wiman
As Poetry Magazine
Holly Peppe
As Millay Scholar