Veii And Other Poems Robert Wells Carcanet Press Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Poetry

The Title Poem Of This Collection Robert Wells\ S First Since Collected Poems And Translations 2009 Revisits In Memory Site Once Great Etruscan City Veii There As A Child Poet Discovered An Incised Potsherd: \ Was That Day When Antiquity - Place Where All Is Over Done Took Ineluctable Hold Me?\ Return To Familiar Places Themes From Later Now\ Revised Perspective: Memories Are Real Perhaps More Vivid Than Before But Further Off Measuring Time Age Ancient Coins Abound Coin Cabinet\ They Conjured Their Variety By Means Series Epithetic Evocations So One Does Not Doubt Reality Or Complex Mythology Evoke Economy Rooted Long Traditions Rich Known Shared Narratives Language Exact Experience Deeply Gone Through Thom Gunn Wrote Constant Desire Adhere Truth He Apprehended It Rather Glamorize Inexpressible Becomes Expressed Σελίδες: 96 Διαστάσεις: 13 5X13 5Cm