Dante in China (eBook)

John Barr (Autor)

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2018
Red Hen Press (Verlag)
978-1-59709-756-7 (ISBN)

Infos

In John Barr's poems, the ancient masters encounter the modern world. Dante on a beach in China beholds the Inferno: "e;Flaring well gas night and day, / towers rise as if to say, / Pollution can be beautiful."e; Bach's final fugue informs all of nature. Villon is admonished by an aging courtesan. Aristotle finds "e;Demagogues are the insects of politics. / Like water beetles they stay afloat / on surface tension, they taxi on iridescence."e; And his afterlife: "e;When three-headed Cerberus greeted him / Socrates replied: I won't need / an attack dog, thankyou. I married one.

Rezensionen

"The ancient masters encounter the modern world in John Barr’s inventive new poetry collection Dante in China, a book that poses a triple threat: entertaining, educational and enlightening."--Yaddo News

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.7.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
• Schlagworte: ancient masters, modern world, China, Inferno, wit, philosophy, grace, phenomena, experience, Dante, Aristotle, Socrates
• ISBN-10: 1-59709-756-X / 159709756X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-59709-756-7 / 9781597097567