Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 494 g
Selected Poems
Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 494 g
Reihe: Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation
ISBN: 978-0-691-12764-4
Verlag: Princeton University Press
Luciano Erba's poems discover in the details of everyday life--a cream-colored tie, an old book, a swallow--access to far-reaching mysteries, including the fact of our being here at all. One of Italy's most important contemporary poets, Erba is approachable yet complex, distinctively and artfully combining traditional and informal means in his brief lyrics. He turns a cool eye on the passing scene, allowing us to see life in a new light. This bilingual edition contains the most comprehensive and representative selection of Erba's poetry ever published in English. Distinguished British poet and translator Peter Robinson, working with the encouragement and advice of the author, has rendered accurate and elegant English translations of the facing-page Italian originals. Complete with a preface, introduction, and notes, this is an ideal introduction to a unique and compelling modern Italian poet.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Translator's Preface ix
Acknowledgments xii
The Poetry of Luciano Erba 1
from Il nastro di Moebius / The Moebius Strip (1980) 7
Mi sento le guance di cartone / I feel my cheeks as pasteboard 8
from Gradus ad (Early Poems) 11
Piover? / It Will Rain 12
La giacca a quadri / The Checked Jacket 14
Lontananza da mia madre / Distance from My Mother 16
Un?ltra citt? / Another City 18
from Il male minore / The Lesser Evil (1960) 21
Il cavaliere del garbo / The Gallant Gent 22
Nel parco di Versailles / In the Park at Versailles 24
Sentimento del tempo / Feeling of Time 26
Una stazione climatica / A Health Resort 28
I globuli rossi / The Red Globules 30
Sul Tamigi / On the Thames 32
Gli ireos gialli / The Yellow Orris 34
Il bel paese / The Beautiful Country 36
Lombardo-Veneto / Lombard-Veneto 38
Dal dottor K / With Doctor K 40
Undecided / Undecided 42
Senza risposta / Without Reply 44
La Grande Jeanne / La Grande Jeanne 46
Don Giovanni / Don Juan 48
Un'equazione di primo grado / A First-Degree Equation 50
Terra e mare / Land and Sea 52
Qualcosa / Something 54
Tabula rasa? / Tabula Rasa? 56
Il miraggio / The Mirage 58
Libro d'ore / Book of Hours 60
Caino e le spine / Cain and the Thorns 62
Dignus est intrare / Dignus Est Intrare 64
Ippogrammi & metaippogrammi del pittore Giovanola / Hippograms & Metahippograms of the Painter Giovanola 66
Nella torre d'avorio / In the Ivory Tower 70
Vanitas varietatum / Vanitas Varietatum 72
Molto di l? dagli agghiacciati mari / Far beyond the Frozen Seas 74
Lo svagato / The Inattentive 76
Incompatibilit? / Incompatibility 80
Super flumina / Super Flumina 82
Aerostatica / Aerostatics 86
Dopo le vacanze / After the Holidays 88
from Il prato pi? verde /The Greener Meadow (1977) 91
Gli anni quaranta / My Forties 92
Tra spazio e tempo / Between Space and Time 94
Halloween / Halloween 96
Epifania / Epiphany 98
Trasferimento / Relocation 100
Barcellona Baltimora. / Barcelona Baltimore. 102
Pastello / Pastel 104
Perch? non io / Why Not Me 106
Festa delle nazioni / Festival of Nations 108
Le giovani coppie / The Young Couples 110
Nuovi metodi del dottor K / New Methods of Doctor K 112
Mailand / Mailand 114
Idea fissa / Id?e Fixe 116
Gli addii / The Goodbyes 118
Sette e mezzo / Seven and a Half 120
from L'ippopotamo / The Hippopotamus (1989) 123
Nel bosco / In the Wood 124
Grafologia di un addio / Graphology of a Goodbye 126
Istria / Istria 128
Il pubblico e il privato / The Public and the Private 130
Il roccolo / The Bird Trap 132
Richiudendo un baule / Closing a Trunk Once More 134
Suite americana / Suite Americana 136
Quartiere Solari / Quartiere Solari 138
Fine delle vacanze / End of the Holidays 140
Abito a trenta metri dal suolo / I Live Thirty Meters from the Ground 142
Se non fosse / If It Weren't 144
Se ? tutto qui. / If This Is All. 146
L'io e il non io / The I and Not-I 148
Quando penso a mia madre / When I Think of My Mother 150
Una visita a Caleppio / A Visit to Caleppio 152
Implosion / Implosion 154
Ponte e citt? / Bridge and City 156
Filo di ferro / Iron Wire 158
Seguivo il tuo viaggio / I Was Following Your Journey 160
Il tranviere metafisico / The Metaphysical Tramdriver 162
L'ippopotamo / The Hippopotamus 164
La vida es. / La Vida Es. 166
Irreversibilit? / Irreversibility 168
Quale Milano? / Which Milan? 170
Autoritratto / Self-Portrait 172
Motus in fine velocior / Motus in Fine Velocior 174
from L'ipotesi circense / The Circus Hypothesis (1995) 177
Un cosmo qualunque / Any Old Cosmos 178
Autunnale / Autumnal 180
Senza bussola / Without a Compass 182
Genius loci / Genius Loci 184
Off limits for doctor K / Off Limits for Doctor K 186
Questi ultimi anni / These Last Years
