Publication

2019 - Ugly Duckling Presse

Language

English

Word Count

68,000 words, Guess

Page Count

272 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781946433060
  • ISBN-101946433063
  • OCLC Control Number1057740800
  • Better World Books9781946433060
  • Open LibraryOL28907110M

Classifications

  • LCCPQ8519.B297
  • LCCPQ8519.B297 M313 2019

Description

An anthology of poems by Amanda Berenguer that features her fascination with cosmology and non-orientable objects in geometry (the Möbius strip, the Klein bottle) as well as her concrete and visual poetry. This collection is edited by Kristin Dykstra and Kent Johnson, with translations by Gillian Brassil, Anna Deeny Morales, Mónica de la Torre, Kristin Dykstra, Kent Johnson, Urayoán Noel, Jeannine Marie Pitas, and Alex Verdolini. The volume also includes an introduction by Roberto Echavarren and an interview conducted by Silvia Guerra. "Materia Prima is the first English-language collection of Amanda Berenguer's poetry. A key contributor to Uruguay's famed literary Generación del 45, Berenguer (1921-2010) stands among the most important post-World War II poets of Latin America, along with her now-legendary compatriot Marosa di Giorgio. Berenguer's poetry, stylistically and conceptually varied, ranges from classic, measured lyric to Dickinson-inspired gnomic utterance; from metaphysical and erotic rhetorical effusion to condensed and radically concrete experiment; from seemingly apolitical languor to pointed ideological dissent. The poems included in this edition span a large portion of Berenguer's career and are taken from eight books, and an additional section dedicated to her visual poems."--Publisher's website (viewed 2019 June 3).

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Materia PrimaUgly Duckling Presse2019

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