| Description |
viii, 147 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Martin classical lectures. New series |
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Martin classical lectures (Unnumbered). New series.
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| Contents |
Prologue: False Sail -- Ch. I. Alienation -- Ch. II. Visibles Invisibles -- Ch. III. Epitaphs -- Ch. IV. Negation -- Epilogue: All Candled Things |
| Summary |
"The ancient Greek lyric poet Simonides of Keos was the first poet in the Western tradition to take money for poetic composition. From this starting point, Anne Carson launches an exploration, poetic in its own right, of the idea of poetic economy. She offers a reading of certain of Simonides' texts and aligns these with writings of the modern Romanian poet Paul Celan, a Jew and survivor of the Holocaust, whose "economies" of language are notorious. Asking such questions as, What is lost when words are wasted? and Who profits when words are saved, Carson reveals the two poets' striking commonalities."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-143) and index |
| Subject |
Celan, Paul, 1920-1970 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Simonides, approximately 556 B.C.-467 B.C. -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Semonides, of Amorgos -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Celan, Paul -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Comparative literature -- German and Greek.
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Comparative literature -- Greek and German.
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Economics in literature.
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Aesthetics.
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| LC no. |
98049984 |
| ISBN |
0691036772 alkaline paper |
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0691091757 |
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