Presents May Sarton's complete oeuvre, bringing together as a whole her "vision of life, " and covers the complete, critical perspective on May Sarton's writing. This corpus of critical work, looked at as a whole, demonstrates the range of thought and opinion expressed about Sarton and her writing over the course of her lifetime.

The annotations present the point of view of the item being abstracted, allowing the salient points to be presented. A checklist of Sarton's poems by title follows the text as an appendix, allowing a researcher a snapshot of Sarton's published poetic output.

This edition fully updates and expands the author's previous edition, incorporating new work and criticism published since 1982, as well as newly uncovered works from before that date. With introduction, chronology, and appendixes.