The Devil and Mrs. Brown: and other poems - Softcover

Rocker, Leslie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438931603 ISBN 13: 9781438931609

Verlag: AuthorHouse, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

The Devil and Mrs Brown is a "mini-epic" forming the main work in the book. It is based on a mediaeval legend deriving from Languedoc telling the story of an ill-fated love affair between a lady and her squire. It includes two translations from Provencal, or Occitan as it is now more generally known, which was the language spoken generally in that part of Southern France. This area was devastated initially by a Crusade declared by Pope Innocent III and later by the ruthless activities of the Inquisition.The story has been given a 20th century framework in order to establish the nature of the world in which the poet is writing and a comparison with mediaeval times.. The rest of the book is made up of poems written by the author over the last 60 years from a "discovery of poetry" (and love) to more recent experiments with form and content. It includes a number of sonnets, translations from the French and other languages, humourous pieces, some written with children in mind and one or two intended as lyrics to be set to music.There are also several "haiku", the 3-line, 7-syllable Japanese form that is enjoying such a vogue at the moment.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: AuthorHouse
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1438931603
• ISBN 13: 9781438931609
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 124
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