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Selected Poems
Michael Hofmann
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Description for Selected Poems
Paperback. Michael Hofmann's poems have been widely admired, notably for their gift of compressed and vividly pointed reportage, and the collision course of words and dictions that his poetry characteristically provokes. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 188.
Michael Hofmann's poems have been widely admired, notably for their gift of compressed and vividly pointed reportage, and the collision course of words and dictions that his poetry characteristically provokes. His subject-matter has been equally individual, including his remarkable and complex series of 'father-poems', his subtle portraiture of the lives of others, East and West, together with his acerbic impressionism of contemporary England, and his exploration of Adorno's injunction that 'it is part of morality not to be at home in one's home'.
Michael Hofmann's poems have been widely admired, notably for their gift of compressed and vividly pointed reportage, and the collision course of words and dictions that his poetry characteristically provokes. His subject-matter has been equally individual, including his remarkable and complex series of 'father-poems', his subtle portraiture of the lives of others, East and West, together with his acerbic impressionism of contemporary England, and his exploration of Adorno's injunction that 'it is part of morality not to be at home in one's home'.
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571237746
SKU
V9780571237746
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About Michael Hofmann
Michael Hofmann was born in Freiburg, Germany in 1957, and came to England in 1961. He has won a Cholmondeley Award and the Geoffrey faber memorial prize for his poetry. He co-edited After Ovid with James Lasdun, and has published numerous prize-winning translations from the German, including works by Bertolt Brecht, Joseph Roth, Patrick Süskind, Franz Kafka, Thomas Bernhard and ... Read more
Reviews for Selected Poems
"'Michael Hofmann is one of the best poets writing in English.' Helen Dunmore, The Observer"