A World of Light : Portraits and Celebrations.
Title:
A World of Light : Portraits and Celebrations.
Author:
Sarton, May.
ISBN:
9781497646346
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (256 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I -- ONE An Informal Portrait of George Sarton -- TWO Mabel Elwes Sarton: Portrait of the Artist as My Mother -- PART II -- THREE Céline Dangotte Limbosch -- FOUR Edith Forbes Kennedy -- PART III -- FIVE Grace Eliot Dudley: Le Petit Bois -- SIX Alice and Haniel Long: The Leopard Land -- SEVEN Marc, The Vigneron -- EIGHT Quig, The Painter -- PART IV -- NINE S. S. Koteliansky -- TEN Elizabeth Bowen -- ELEVEN Louise Bogan -- TWELVE Jean Dominique -- A Biography of May Sarton -- Copyright Page.
Abstract:
This captivating book by May Sarton rejoices in friendship and family In A World of Light, renowned poet and novelist May Sarton renders unforgettable portraits of the friends she considers family-and the family she looks upon as friends. From her father, famed science historian George Sarton, she learns that work is "of the first importance." Her mother, Mabel, an artist in her own right, is her "dearest friend." Sarton also introduces us to fellow creative minds Elizabeth Bowen and Louise Brogan, Swiss vigneron Marc Turian, a New Hampshire painter named Quig, and many others.Sarton crosses oceans and continents as she chronicles the enduring connections she has made and how each has enriched her life. Tender and passionate, candid and evocative, A World of Light is about what it means to be an artist-and a human.This ebook features an extended biography of May Sarton.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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