The Collected Poems of Amy Levy

The Collected Poems of Amy Levy / ISBN 9781955190503 / small 190-page paperback from Sublunary Editions

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Upon her death at the age of 27, the British poet Amy Levy (November 10, 1861–September 10, 1889) was eulogized in the pages of The Woman’s World by its editor, Oscar Wilde, who said that her work “was not poured out lightly, but drawn drop by drop from the very depth of her own feeling.” In addition to her poetry, collected in its entirety here for the first time, Levy wrote three novels—Reuben Sachs, The Romance of a Shop, and Miss Meredith—as well as short stories and essays. On the whole Levy’s writings reflect her engagement with a broad range of subjects and themes, including contemporary urban life, classical literature, historical incidents, feminism, and Jewish culture. She was the first woman to enroll at Newnham College, Cambridge.