The Return of Pytheas is a study of poetry and poems through and
across two language traditions – Greek and English. While the
main focus is recent and contemporary, exchanges reach back as far
as Aeschylus and the Iliad. The book thus investigates Christopher
Logue’s long and extraordinary engagement with Homer, as well as
the more sporadic and varied influences of Greek landscape and
culture since the 1960s on English poets such as Richard
Berengarten, Sebastian Barker, Kelvin Corcoran and Peter Riley. The
special history of Cavafy in Britain is also explored, starting
with E. M. Forster, and continuing through the poetry of John Ash,
Evan Jones and Don Paterson. As scenes from Ted Hughes’s
revisiting of ancient drama are echoed in Alice Oswald’s recent
writing, manifold continuations of translation and versioning are
shown to be essential parts of poets’ lives and work.
General
Imprint: |
Shearsman Books
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
December 2017 |
Authors: |
Paschalis Nikolaou
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
156 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-84861-567-0 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-84861-567-1 |
Barcode: |
9781848615670 |
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