Firing the Canon

Essays mainly on poetry

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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This book is not for the general reader, but written in a direct, personal manner, should also interest those who are not specialists in the subjects discussed. Covering 200 pages, the essays are predominantly concerned with modern Polish and modern English language poetry, with problems of translating poetry, and with the relationship between poetry and philosophy. There is also some material dealing with music, the visual arts and religious belief. Discussions cover the poetry of Norwid, Różewicz, Szymborska, Herbert, Emily Dickinson, Gerald Manley Hopkins and TS Eliot, the philosophy of Heraclitus, St Anselm and Roman Ingarden, and the paintings of Vermeer and Edward Hopper.

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Utgivningsdatum2010-01-01
Mått152 x 228 x 13 mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
FörlagSalt Publishing
ISBN9781844714834

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ContentsAuthor’s NoteBiographical NoteICelebrationPolish Poetry in the West, or the Canon That Fired LateHamlet or Fortinbras?Poetry in the next MillenniumIIBefore and after BabelTranslation of Poetry – Theory and PracticeThe Perils of Self-TranslationIIIChoosing a Favourite Poem or De AmicitiaThe Poet-Administrator’s FarewellIn Memoriam Z.H.St Anselm and I: Ontology, Coincidence and the Fortunate IslesCyprian and EmilyA Monologue about a ‘Dialogue’A Dutch Master for Our Times?IVHoly HeraclitusThe Particular ImaginationTheme and Variations:(i) Poetry and Prose(ii) Poetry and Nonsense(iii) Words for Music Perhaps(iv) Art Thou Translated?(v) Poetry and EverythingAbsurdity and PoetryWhere Is the Music?Literary TruthsNotesIndex of Names