Messing About in Boats
Series: Clarendon Lectures in English;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 25 February 2021
- ISBN 9780198848042
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages130 pages
- Size 224x145x18 mm
- Weight 282 g
- Language English 82
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Short description:
Based on the author's Clarendon Lectures, this volume studies four water-borne poems by Rainer Maria Rilke, Arthur Rimbaud, Eugenio Montale, and Karen Solie that each study a different aspect of 'the ship'.
MoreLong description:
Written by the eminent poet Michael Hofmann, this approachable and companionable book offers readings of four poems on the subject of boats.
Based on Michael Hofmann's Clarendon lectures, this volume offers readings of four poems in German, French, Italian, and English, by Rainer Maria Rilke, Arthur Rimbaud, Eugenio Montale, and Karen Solie. All four poems are on the subject of boats: 'Emigrant Ship', the 'Bateau Ivre', 'Boats on the Marne', and 'The World'. The volume suggests an affinity between boats and poems, offers a partial lineage of boats in poems, and pursues four variant destinies: the boat that stays in port, the boat that gives itself to the world, the boat that is washed away down the river, and the one that goes manically and hubristically on forever.
The volume retains the style of lectures and has an improvisational character, with the same fire and detail as the things it is about. It is written with a sense of fun, of revelation, and in a spirit of respect and attention.
The most original aspect of Michael Hofmann's own contribution to poetry involve his skillful manipulation of multilingual expertise, which contributes to his mobile and multifaceted style. [...] it is extremely illuminating.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Rainer Maria Rilke: 'Emigranten-Schiff, Neapel'
Arthur Rimbaud: 'Le Bateau Ivre', 'The Drunken Ship'
Eugenio Montale: 'Barche sulla Marna', 'Boats on the Marne'
Karen Solie: 'The World'
Conclusion
Bibliography and Notes
