Macbeth in Venice

Informationen zum Autor William Logan is the author of five collections of poems, a book of criticism, and a book of essays on poets and poetry. He has won the Peter I. B. Lavan Younger Poets Award from The Academy of American Poets and has received the Citation for Excellence in Reviewing from the National Book Critics Circle. He teaches at the University of Florida, where he is alumni professor of English. Klappentext One of the most technically gifted poets of his generation! William Logan here presents four sequences! each of which is haunted by the battered history of the enchanted city of Venice: two refugees from Nazi Germany replay a version of the Aeneid that shadows their lives in and out of Venice; the comedy of Tiepolo's Punchinello drawings are given mocking narrative; a modern traveler finds in Venice's insects! birds! and fish a nature that endures within an unnatural city; and! in a formal sequence reminiscent of W. H. Auden's "The Sea and the Mirror!" King James commissions a revision of Macbeth in order to impress the chief magistrate. These new poems showcase Logan's trademark refinement and erudition. Zusammenfassung One of the most technically gifted poets of his generation, William Logan here presents four sequences, each of which is haunted by the battered history of the enchanted city of Venice: two refugees from Nazi Germany replay a version of the Aeneid that shadows their lives in and out of Venice; the comedy of Tiepolo's Punchinello drawings are given mocking narrative; a modern traveler finds in Venice's insects, birds, and fish a nature that endures within an unnatural city; and, in a formal sequence reminiscent of W. H. Auden's "The Sea and the Mirror," King James commissions a revision of Macbeth in order to impress the chief magistrate. These new poems showcase Logan's trademark refinement and erudition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Macbeth In Venice The Shorter Aeneid I. The Ship II. The Train III. Refugees IV. The Oracle of the Birds V. The Other World VI. The Other World VII. The Ohter World VIII. The Other World IX. The Other World X. The Book of Genesis XI. The Book of the Lizard XII Measure for Measure Punchinello in Chains I. Punchinello Hatched by a Turkey II. Punchinello in the Menagerie III. The Marriage of Punchinello IV. Punchinello in Chains V. The Trial of Punchinello VI. Punchinello Dreams of Escape VII. The Hanging of Punchinello VIII. The Resurrection of Punchinello Venetian Hours The Quicksand Builders The Lost Birds of Venice Marco Polo among the Insects Canova at the Fish Market Gli Insetti di Venezia The Church of San Fantin The Saint and the Crab The Massacre of the Holy Innocents Ca' d'Oro Torcello Venice in February Leaving Venice Macbeth in Venice Prologue I. The Witches to the Audience II. Ode to Darkness or, The Curtain's Speech III. The Mirror to Lady Macbeth IV. The Porter's Song V. The Murderers' Horses VI. Banquo's Feast VII. Macbeth's Daughter VIII. The Guards' Song IX. Lady Macbeth on Sleep X. Birnam Wood to the Players XI. Macbeth's Daughter Drowned XII. Macbeth the Rationalist Epilogue: King James VI and I to the Doge Notes ...

Product details

• Authors: William Logan
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2003
• EAN: 9780142003022
• ISBN: 978-0-14-200302-2
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 212 mm x 8 mm