A. Stephen
Yenser writes in "The Fullness of Time," an essay found in Modern
Critical Views: James Merrill,
ed. by Harold Bloom (New York: Chelsea,
1985) that "Merrill's 'vision of life' . . . and 'devotion'. . . was
embodied [in section O] in the unselfish services rendered the natives of Kenya by
Isak Dinesen" (p.116).
(We find no other references to
Karen Blixen or Isak Dinesen in the literature concerning
James Merrill. [Highly recommended: Alison Lurie's memoir of Merrill
and his companion, David Jackson, Familiar Spirits. Read more about James Merrill in "Miraculous Mandarin" by Charles Simic.])
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Donelson. All rights reserved. During the past quarter century, Linda Donelson has been the only author writing about Karen Blixen for an international audience. Her biography, Out of Isak Dinesen (1998), was the Number One Best-Selling Scandinavian / or related title at Amazon.com for five years.
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