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portada Plainwater: Essays and Poetry
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Year
2000
Language
English
Pages
272
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
20.4 x 13.2 x 1.5 cm
Weight
0.22 kg.
ISBN
0375708421
ISBN13
9780375708428

Plainwater: Essays and Poetry

Anne Carson (Author) · Vintage · Paperback

Plainwater: Essays and Poetry - Carson, Anne

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Synopsis "Plainwater: Essays and Poetry"

The poetry and prose collected in Plainwater are a testament to the extraordinary imagination of Anne Carson, a writer described by Michael Ondaatje as "the most exciting poet writing in English today." Succinct and astonishingly beautiful, these pieces stretch the boundaries of language and literary form, while juxtaposing classical and modern traditions. Carson envisions a present-day interview with a seventh-century BC poet, and offers miniature lectures on topics as varied as orchids and Ovid. She imagines the muse of a fifteenth-century painter attending a phenomenology conference in Italy. She constructs verbal photographs of a series of mysterious towns, and takes us on a pilgrimage in pursuit of the elusive and intimate anthropology of water. Blending the rhythm and vivid metaphor of poetry with the discursive nature of the essay, the writings in Plainwater dazzle us with their invention and enlighten us with their erudition.

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