Elizabeth Bishop in Brazil and After

The life and career of American poet and writer Elizabeth Bishop falls into two distinct segments: the pre-Brazil years and the Brazil years and beyond. Bishop traveled to Brazil at the age of 40 for a two-week trip and unexpectedly stayed for most of the next two decades. This study explores how Bishop's personal and literary experience in Brazil influenced her work culturally, historically, and linguistically, while she was in Brazil and following her return to the US.