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Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts, which has appeared in
semi-annual volumes since 1969, is de voted to the recording,
summarizing and indexing of astronomical publications throughout
the world. It is prepared under the auspices of the International
Astronomical Union (according to a resolution adopted at the 14th
General Assembly in 1970). Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts
aims to present a comprehensive documentation of literature in all
fields of astronomy and astrophysics. Every effort will be made to
ensure that the average time interval between the date of receipt
of the original literature and publication of the abstracts will
not exceed eight months: This time interval is near to that
achieved by monthly abstracting journals, com pared to which our
system of accumulating abstracts for about six months offers the
advantage of greater convenience for the user. I, 1980; some older
Volume 27 contains literature published in 1980 and received before
August literature which was received late and which is not recorded
in earlier volumes is also included. We acknowledge with thanks
contributions to this volume by Dr. J. Bouska, Prague, who surveyed
journals and publications in Czech and supplied us with abstracts
in English.
"Morphology of Desire" gives a generous introduction to the full
range of writing by the internationally acclaimed Indonesian poet,
Dorothea Rosa Herliany, from the 1980s to the present day. Through
a distinctive mix of striking imagery and boldness of voice, the
poet sets out to destroy many of the common assumptions about
everyday life and human relationships. As a woman and a poet, she
is doubly an outsider. Her blatant departure, in form as well as
content, from the accepted conventions of society (which
intensifies through the progression of her work) is remarkable, not
only in its personal and political ramifications, but in its
emotional and imaginative tenor, as well.
The British poet, Linda France, has praised "the energy and
violence (which) run through Dorothea Rosa Herliany's work like a
ruptured vein, fragile and vulnerable, but necessary for survival.
Underneath this troubled surface, there is so much tenderness and
openness ..." The Australian poet, Judith Rodriguez, has suggested:
"Herliany's poetry presents texts of exceptional difficulty and
exceptional interest. Her work is highly colored, morbid, even
shocking, and significant for its metaphorical tours de force and
paradoxical glories of unwilling illuminations." Morphology of
Desire is a book that will speak to readers who are interested in
Indonesia, women's writing, and in poetry in general.
The Indonesian critic, Dami Toda, describes Herliany's writing as
revealing "a struggle to understand human experience in all its
reality - not as an ideal but as a fact that displays profound
suffering and hurt, without, apparently, any hope of redemption."
In her introduction to this book, the British poet Linda France
writes: "The energy and violence expressed in the title of this
collection run through the work like a ruptured vein, fragile and
vulnerable, but necessary for survival. Underneath this troubled
surface, there is so much tenderness and openness, in shocking
contrast to the 'Other', represented by the world of politics and
war, that the speaker of the poems is aware she is in danger of
annihilation." Another poet, Annie Kantar, is equally emphatic:
"Herliany's poetry is intent upon opposing personal and political
oppression. She does not attempt to mend, her poetry does not offer
a vision of a final Utopia. Instead, it takes the first step
towards change by waking, inciting, shattering."
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