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Condition of Secrecy (Paperback)
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Condition of Secrecy (Paperback)
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Loot Price R374
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The Condition of Secrecy is a poignant collection of essays by
Inger Christensen, widely regarded as one of the most influential
Scandinavian writers of the twentieth century. As The New York
Times proclaimed, "Despite the rigorous structure that undergirds
her work-or more likely, because of it-Ms. Christensen's style is
lyrical, even playful." The same could be said of Christensen's
essays. Here, she formulates with increasing clarity the basis of
her approach to writing, and provides insights into how she
composed specific poetry volumes. Some essays are autobiographical
(with memories of Christensen's school years during the Nazi
occupation of Denmark), and others are political, touching on the
Cold War and Chernobyl. The Condition of Secrecy also covers the
Ars Poetica of Lu Chi (261-303 CE); William Blake and Isaac Newton;
and such topics as randomness as a universal force and the role of
the writer as an agent of social change. The Condition of Secrecy
confirms that Inger Christensen is "a true singer of the syllables"
(C. D. Wright), and "a formalist who makes her own rules, then
turns the game around with another rule" (Eliot Weinberger).
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