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Loading... Imaginary Poets: 22 Master Poets Create 22 Master Poetsby Alan Michael Parker
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. While "master poets" is a stretch for some in this collection, the idea here is a fun one. Have established poet invent a poet, "translate" a poem, give a brief biographical sketch, and provide a critical analysis in relation to that poet's oeuvre. Having at one time handwritten, transcribed, and commented on a "lost" Shakespearean sonnet, the last phrase of which was, if I remember correctly, "'neath cerise-spingled* skies (*'spangled')", I thought this was a wonderful idea for an anthology. Some of the entries are better than others--more dryly humorous, more earnest, more engaged with questions of translation and language. Some were so dry as to be simply unfunny. Generally, though, if you like the idea, you'll probably like the book. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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"The challenge: Translate a poem into English, offer a biography of the poet, and then write a short essay in which the poem, the poet, and the corpus are considered--and make all of it up, without once indicating you have done so"--P. [4] of cover. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)811.608Literature English (North America) American poetry 21st CenturyLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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