Second Simplicity: New Poetry and Prose, 1991-2011 (The Margellos World Republic of Letters)

Bonnefoy, Yves

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300198183 ISBN 13: 9780300198188

Verlag: Yale University Press, 2013

Críticas:

"Yves Bonnefoy is one of the rare poets in the history of literature to have sustained the highest level of artistic excellence throughout an entire lifetime-now more than half a century of work, and still counting. These recent poems, superbly translated by Hoyt Rogers, attest to his enduring greatness."-Paul Auster -- Paul Auster "Second Simplicity . . . reveal[s] Bonnefoy's remarkable inventiveness and desire to accommodate whatever form of address is called for, whether in verse or prose."-Ron Slate, On the Seawall -- Ron Slate * On the Seawall * "[A] handsome edition of Bonnefoy's recent work . . . a stunning presentation of a major poet."-Jim Kates, Arts Fuse -- Jim Kates * Arts Fuse * "Mr. Bonnefoy [is] often lauded, and rightly so, as France's greatest living poet."-Micah Mattix, Wall Street Journal -- Micah Mattix * Wall Street Journal *

Reseña del editor:

An eagerly awaited anthology of recent poetry and prose by the celebrated French poet Yves Bonnefoy Yves Bonnefoy, who will soon attain the age of ninety, has gratified his readers during the past two decades with the most prolific and innovative period of his splendid lifework. This volume presents in English and French an inviting array of his recent writings, carefully selected for their literary quality as well as their broad appeal. It features several works never published before and many that have never been translated into English. The first anthology of Bonnefoy's work to appear since 1995, this collection reflects the poet's powerful engagement with the New England landscape; its quiet woods and fields have helped to shape to the pared-down aesthetic of his recent years. The book is the first to showcase not only the poetry for which Bonnefoy is justly renowned but also his inventive compositions in prose. Appropriately, the book alternates more traditional verse with freer forms, just as the author has done in several major works of the past twenty years; that symbiotic approach is one of the hallmarks of this latter phase of his art. Superbly translated by Hoyt Rogers, the collection is organized chronologically, revealing clearly how the poet continues to extend and refine his scope and style. Rogers provides a masterly introduction in which he analyzes aspects of Bonnefoy's recent writings and the "second simplicity" that characterizes his late work.