Selected Poems by Philippe Jaccottet (English) Paperback Book

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Philippe Jaccottet is one of a group of poets who turned away from the Surrealists' sometimes abstruse experiments with form in favor of a muted lyrical expression born of a quasi-fraternal bonding with the wonder of earth, light, water, sky. This lyricism is steeped in an ambiguous sense of our planet's vulnerability in this nuclear age. Jaccottet's work has now developed steadily over nearly four decades as Derek Mahon points out in his introductory essay. In themes and form it will not seem alien to English language readers, yet Jaccottet's voice is his own. The sensuous modulations of imagery, harmony, and mood are strangely moving and haunt the imagination.

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Born in Moudon, Switzerland in 1925, Philippe Jaccottet is one of the most prominent figures of the immediate post-war generation of French poets. He has lived in France since 1953, working as a translator and freelance writer. As well as poetry, he has published prose writings, notebooks and critical essays. He is particularly well known as a translator from the German language (Musil, Rilke, Mann, Holderlin), but he has also translated Homer, Plato, Ungaretti and Montale.

Details ISBN0916390314 Author Philippe Jaccottet Publisher Wake Forest University Press Language English Translator Derek Mahon ISBN-10 0916390314 ISBN-13 9780916390310 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 841.914 Short Title SEL POEMS - PHILIPPE JACCOTTET Pages 160 DOI 10.1604/9780916390310 Imprint Wake Forest University Press Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 1998-12-31 NZ Release Date 1998-12-31 UK Release Date 1998-12-31 Edition Description Us ed. Year 1998 Publication Date 1998-12-31 Audience General We've got this

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