A Minor Poet and Other Verse

<p><I>A Minor Poet and Other Verse</I> (1884) is a poetry collection by Amy Levy. Published when the poet was only twenty-three years old <I>A Minor Poet and Other Verse</I> is the work of a pioneering writer and feminist whose poetry and prose explores the concept of the New Woman while illuminating the realities of Jewish life in nineteenth century London. I am sad / Here in this gracious city whose white walls / Gleam snow-like in the sunlight; whose fair shrines / Are filled with wondrous images of gods; / Upon whose harbour's bosom ride tall ships / Black-masted fraught with fragrant merchandise; / Whose straight-limbed people in fair stuffs arrayed / Do throng from morn till eve the sunny streets. Brought to a foreign land by her lover Jason Medea becomes an exile in body and soul. Unable to assimilate within a culture dedicated to commerce and flowing with hatred and vanity she despairs and longs for release. In this monologue Levy perhaps projects some of her own feelings as a feminist and lesbian living in Victorian England. Othered already through her Jewish identity Levy struggled throughout her life with depression. In Xantippe a poem inspired by Socrates' wife Levy imagines a monologue from a woman emerging from despair into hope who sees a rosy glimmer at the casement and cries O fling it wide [...] and give me light! This edition Amy Levy's <I>A Minor Poet and Other Verse</I> is a classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.</p> <p>Since our inception in 2020 <b>Mint Editions</b> has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.</p> <p>With thousands of titles in our collection we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.</p>