Publication

2018 - Ugly Duckling Presse

Language

English

Word Count

36,000 words, Guess

Page Count

144 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101937027708
  • ISBN-139781937027704
  • OCLC Control Number994806563
  • Better World Books9781937027704
  • Open LibraryOL28874046M

Classifications

  • LCCPA5633.A337
  • LCCPA5633.A337 A2 2017

Description

"Before Lyricism includes six book-length poems: "The Forest" (1954), "Plant Upbringing" (1956), "Diary of Age" (1958), "Description of the Body" (1959), "The Meaning of the Blind" (1962), and "Our Way of Being in Danger" (1966). Each of these, apart from “Plant Upbringing,” was published as a separate book, which Vakalo herself designed. (“Plant Upbringing” was originally included in the volume Wall Painting, of which Vakalo later repudiated all but this single long poem.) For Vakalo, these poems formed a larger, accretive whole, which she titled Prin Apo Ton Lyrismo (Before Lyricism). By bringing these poems together under a single cover, Before Lyricism allows us to see the complex web of intertextual relations that bind these books together. Meanwhile, by bringing these poems into English, this volume will enrich not only our knowledge of this key period in Vakalo’s career, but English-language readers’ understanding of modern Greek poetry as a whole."--Publisher's website (viewed 08/09/2017).

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