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Sounds, Feelings, Thoughts: Seventy Poems by Wislawa Szymborska - Bilingual Edition
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Sounds, Feelings, Thoughts: Seventy Poems by Wislawa Szymborska - Bilingual Edition
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Wislawa Szymborska
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Edited and translated by Magnus J. Krynski
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Edited and translated by Robert A. Maguire
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Series | The Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:232 | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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Category/Genre | Poetry by individual poets |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780691013800
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Classifications | Dewey:891.8517 |
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Audience | General | Tertiary Education (US: College) | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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Publication Date |
21 August 1981 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Translated and Introduced by Magnus J. Krynski and Robert A. Maguire Regarded as one of the best representatives since World War II of the rich and ancient art of poetry in Poland, Wislawa Szymborska (1923-2012) is, in the translators' words, "that rarest of phenomena: a serious poet who commands a large audience in her native land." The seventy poems in this bilingual edition are among the largest and most representative offering of her work in English, with particular emphasis on the period since 1967. They illustrate virtually all her major themes and most of her important techniques. Describing Szymborka's poetry, Magnus Krynski and Robert Maguire write that her verse is marked by high seriousness, delightful inventiveness, a prodigal imagination, and enormous technical skill. She writes of the diversity, plenitude, and richness of the world, taking delight in observing and naming its phenomena. She looks on with wonder, astonishment, and amusement, but almost never with despair.
Reviews"[Szymborska] is like so many Eastern European writers, an ironist. She writes, especially in her later years, a plain, almost bony verse, and she can stand for the survival, not just of the conscience but of imagination, in this last half-century."--The Washington Post Book World
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