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This bilingual volume introduces the work of American prose poet Robert Gibbons to a transatlantic audience. The volume shows how multifaceted a poet he is, effortlessly exploring political, aesthetic and emotional themes, such as war, poverty, exile, work, love and the archives of Time.

Presenting Danish translations of 64 of the poet's best pieces, juxtaposed with the American original versions, the book also contains a lengthy scholarly introduction by the editor and translator, Bent Sørensen, forming the first sustained academic study of Gibbons' work.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Gibbons
• Assisted by: Bent Sorensen (Translation)
• Publisher: Eyecorner Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2010
• EAN: 9788799245673
• ISBN: 978-87-992456-7-3
• No. of pages: 182
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 273 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other Germanic linguistics / literary studies