In a Different Light (Paperback)

Anna Enquist

ISBN 10: 1854113135 / ISBN 13: 9781854113139

Editore: Poetry Wales Press, Bridgend, 2002

Paperback. In response to In een ander licht, the Dutch anthology of poems, from Wales comes In a Different Light, a ground-breaking collection of work by fourteen contemporary Dutch poets who have made continental reputations but who wait to be discovered in the English language. And there are fascinating, rewarding discoveries to be made by the English-speaking reader.Here is a poetry surprisingly unmoved by great events (world wars) and politics or by nature (perhaps not so surprisingly from a country engineered to prevent inundation by the sea). Instead for many poets language has become material, like paint for an artist; for the poets in this anthology, at least, the tone is often conversational. Their subjects are the 'big ones': death, doubt, stillness, alienation, minute alterations of perspective. Not surprisingly as residents and products of a small country situated on the delta of a great European river, Dutch poets are concerned with their role as inhabitants of a continent. In many ways the differences between Dutch, Welsh and English poetry could not be more pronounced, and it is their 'different light' which makes this anthology so intriguing and enjoyable for readers in Britain. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9781854113139

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In a Different Light is a groundbreaking collection of work by fourteen poets writing in Dutch, many of whom have made continental reputations, yet await discovery by the English-speaking world. And there are fascinating and rewarding discoveries to be made.The tone is often conversational, and imbued with wry humour, but the subjects are the 'big ones' - death , doubt, alienation - examined through minutely altered perspectives. Yet, as Robert Minhinnick notes in his accompanying essay, this is a poetry surprisingly unmoved by nature, by politics, even by war. Instead, for many of the contributors, language itself has become the subject. In a Different Light reveals the essential differences which characterise Dutch language poetry. Intriguing and enjoyable, this anthology is perhaps the best introduction to poetry in Dutch currently available.Edited by Robert Minhinnick and Rob Schouten.Contributors include H.H ter Balkt, Remco Campert, Hugo Claus, J.Eijkelboom, Anna Enquist, Eva Gerlach, Judith Herzberg, Esther Jansma, Rutger Kopland, Gerrit Kouwenaar, K.Michel, Leonard Nolens, Willem van Toorn and Hans R. Vlek.Translated by James Brockway, P.C Evans, Willem Groenewegen, Lloyd Haft, Francis R. Jones, Shirley Kaufman, Graham Martin, Steve Orlen, Craig Raine, John Scott, Mark Strand, Rina Vergano and Paul Vincent.

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Titolo: In a Different Light (Paperback)
Casa editrice: Poetry Wales Press, Bridgend
Data di pubblicazione: 2002
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: new