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The Book of Merlin: A translation

The Book of Merlin: A translation - Paperback

by Larry Beckett
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Availability:In StockContributor:Larry BeckettPublish date:2023-11-06Pages:90
Language:EnglishPublisher:Livingston Press at the University of West AlISBN-13:9781604893588ISBN-10:1604893583UPC:9781604893588Book Category:Poetry, Foreign Language Study, Literary CollectionsSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.19 inchesWeight:0.291Product ID:SC04GT8DGD


"The sixth-century world of the poet called Merlin of the Wilds is one of sharp contrasts: savage battles and rivalries are set against natural beauties part homely and part magical. It's a world in which the role of the poet is not just to sing but to prophesy to kings. Larry Beckett's renderings of Merlin's world and words, derived from Geoffrey of Monmouth's Vita Merlini, are richly sonic and songlike, full of refrains, repetends, pulsing four-beat lines, and musical Welsh names. They make a distant world-picture-and a poet's enigmatic life-tangible for us, in laments and foretellings, histories and prayers."

- Maryann Corbett, winner of the Willis Barnstone Translation Prize .


Language:EnglishPublisher:Livingston Press at the University of West AlISBN-13:9781604893588ISBN-10:1604893583UPC:9781604893588Book Category:Poetry, Foreign Language Study, Literary CollectionsSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.19 inchesWeight:0.291Product ID:SC04GT8DGD
Publisher: Livingston Press at the University of West Al

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