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The Digamma
Yves Bonnefoy
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Description for The Digamma
Hardback. As a translator of Shakespeare in France, the author's fascination with Nicolas Poussin is displayed in "God in Hamlet" and "For a Staging of Othello," two poems in prose which belong to a series of his meditations on the plays. This collection includes haunting reflections on children, nature, the origins of art, and vanished cultures. Translator(s): Rogers, Hoyt. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 214.
Heralded as one of France's greatest poets, Yves Bonnefoy has been dazzling readers since the publication of his first book in 1953. He remains influential and relevant, continuing to compose groundbreaking new work. Though Bonnefoy recently celebrated his ninetieth birthday, many are calling these past two decades his most impressive yet. His latest book of poetry and prose, The Digamma, fits wonderfully into his impressive oeuvre, offering his signature style of simplistic but powerful language with fresh new grace. A key passage of the title piece of the book depicts the figures of Nicolas Poussin's The Shepherds of Arcadia, which ... Read more
Heralded as one of France's greatest poets, Yves Bonnefoy has been dazzling readers since the publication of his first book in 1953. He remains influential and relevant, continuing to compose groundbreaking new work. Though Bonnefoy recently celebrated his ninetieth birthday, many are calling these past two decades his most impressive yet. His latest book of poetry and prose, The Digamma, fits wonderfully into his impressive oeuvre, offering his signature style of simplistic but powerful language with fresh new grace. A key passage of the title piece of the book depicts the figures of Nicolas Poussin's The Shepherds of Arcadia, which ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
Greenford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857421838
SKU
V9780857421838
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About Yves Bonnefoy
Yves Bonnefoy's recent books include Second Simplicity: New Poetry and Prose and The Present Hour. In addition to poetry and literary criticism, he has published numerous works on art history and translated into French several of Shakespeare's plays. Hoyt Rogers is the author of a poetry collection, Witnesses, and a volume of criticism, The Poetics of Inconstancy. He translates from ... Read more
Reviews for The Digamma
"Bonnefoy is one of the rare poets in the history of literature to have sustained the highest level of artistic excellence throughout an entire lifetime-now more than half a century of work, and still counting." (Paul Auster)"