Subject: Poetry / European / General

Subject: Poetry / European / General

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|9780822967699|Selected Poems| Translated by Nathan Fields The selected poetry of Milan Děžinský, translated by Nathan Fields, including many poems previously not published in English by the celebrated Czech poet. | Milan Děžinský Nathan Fields| Pitt Poetry Series| Poetry / European / General Poetry / General

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The Axion Esti

|9780822953180|The Axion Esti is probably the most widely read volume of verse to have appeared in Greece since World War II and remains a classic today. Those who follow the music of Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis have been especially drawn to Odysseus Elytis’s work, his prose is widely considered a mirror to the revolutionary music of Theodorakis. The “autobiographical” elements are constantly colored by allusion to the history of Greece, thus, the poems express a contemporary consciousness fully resonant with those echoes of the past that have served most to shape the modern Greek experience.| Odysseus Elytis| Pitt Poetry Series|…

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