In the Village

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"In the Village" is a lyrical autobiographical short story by American poet Elizabeth Bishop that evokes her childhood memories of a Nova Scotia village through precise, sensory prose.

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In the Village canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf autobiographical work ⓘ
lyrical prose work ⓘ
short story ⓘ
author Elizabeth Bishop ⓘ
authorNationality American ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts childhood of Elizabeth Bishop ⓘ
genre autobiographical fiction ⓘ
lyrical prose ⓘ
short story ⓘ
hasSubject memory and perception ⓘ
mental illness ⓘ
mother-daughter relationship ⓘ
rural life ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement 20th-century American literature ⓘ
mainSetting Nova Scotia village ⓘ
narrativeMode autobiographical ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
relatedWorkAuthor Elizabeth Bishop ⓘ
settingCountry Canada ⓘ
style lyrical description ⓘ
precise prose ⓘ
sensory detail ⓘ
theme childhood memory ⓘ
family ⓘ
loss ⓘ
place and identity ⓘ
sound and memory ⓘ

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Elizabeth Bishop → notableWork → In the Village ⓘ
Questions of Travel → containsPoem → In the Village ⓘ