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Paralogues
Evan Jones
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Description for Paralogues
Paperback. Explores Greek mythology, Roman and Byzantine history, art and travel, from contemporary perspectives. This title re-imagines the myth of Actaeon in three ways, and offers a retelling of the Byzantine folk ballad "Constantine and Arete". Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 6. Weight in Grams: 96. 72 pages. Explores Greek mythology, Roman and Byzantine history, art and travel, from contemporary perspectives. This title re-imagines the myth of Actaeon in three ways, and offers a retelling of the Byzantine folk ballad "Constantine and Arete". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 6. Weight: 96.
"Paralogues", which takes its title from the Greek word for 'ballads', is the British debut of an original Canadian poet and editor. Evan Jones explores Greek mythology, Roman and Byzantine history, art and travel, from contemporary perspectives. The myth of Actaeon is re-imagined in three ways, and "Paralogues" concludes with a sequence retelling the Byzantine folk ballad "Constantine and Arete". Translation is central to the collection, from the modern Greek of Miltos Sachtouris to the Austrian German of Raoul Schrott. Readers encounter people and places real and imagined: the lonely figure of the poet Cavafy in Victorian Liverpool, God in ... Read more
"Paralogues", which takes its title from the Greek word for 'ballads', is the British debut of an original Canadian poet and editor. Evan Jones explores Greek mythology, Roman and Byzantine history, art and travel, from contemporary perspectives. The myth of Actaeon is re-imagined in three ways, and "Paralogues" concludes with a sequence retelling the Byzantine folk ballad "Constantine and Arete". Translation is central to the collection, from the modern Greek of Miltos Sachtouris to the Austrian German of Raoul Schrott. Readers encounter people and places real and imagined: the lonely figure of the poet Cavafy in Victorian Liverpool, God in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
96g
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847771377
SKU
V9781847771377
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Reviews for Paralogues
'Evan Jones is an intelligent, allusive poet who has elegantly synthesized his roots in Greek culture. These quietly serious poems throw up glimpses of dream and myth, and do so in a context of real thoughtfulness, free of rhetoric but rich in formal control.' - Fiona Sampson