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The Well at Morning: Selected Poems, 1925–1971 (Modern Czech Classics)
Bohuslav Reynak
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Description for The Well at Morning: Selected Poems, 1925–1971 (Modern Czech Classics)
Hardcover. Translator(s): Quinn, Justin. Num Pages: 90 pages, 25 color plates, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 146. .
Springtide A chaffinch in a tree of cherry sings merrily spring's introit. Its blazing bobble dwells in leaves, alive, and swells in scarlet. The flowers are flares of white. The chaffinch has gone quiet and turned sky-gazer. My eyes close on the day: an orb revolves in grey and red and azure. Poet and artist Bohuslav Reynek spent most of his life in the relative obscurity of the Czech-Moravian Highlands; although he suffered at the hands of the Communist regime, he cannot be numbered among the dissident poets of Eastern Europe who won acclaim for their political poetry in the ... Read more
Springtide A chaffinch in a tree of cherry sings merrily spring's introit. Its blazing bobble dwells in leaves, alive, and swells in scarlet. The flowers are flares of white. The chaffinch has gone quiet and turned sky-gazer. My eyes close on the day: an orb revolves in grey and red and azure. Poet and artist Bohuslav Reynek spent most of his life in the relative obscurity of the Czech-Moravian Highlands; although he suffered at the hands of the Communist regime, he cannot be numbered among the dissident poets of Eastern Europe who won acclaim for their political poetry in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Karolinum Press, Charles University
Condition
New
Number of Pages
90
Place of Publication
Ovocny, Czechia
ISBN
9788024634258
SKU
V9788024634258
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About Bohuslav Reynak
Bohuslav Reynek (1892 1971) was an influential twentieth-century Czech poet and artist. Justin Quinn is an Irish poet, critic, and translator who has lived in Prague since 1992. He works at the University of West Bohemia and is the author of several studies of twentieth-century poetry, most recently Between Two Fires: Transnationalism and Cold War Poetry.
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