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- 2005-11-01
- ISBN
- 9788086264226
- EAN
- 9788086264226
- Book Title
- May
- Item Length
- 7.5in
- Publisher
- Twisted Spoon Press
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Genre
- Poetry
- Topic
- European / General, Subjects & Themes / Nature, General
- Item Width
- 5.7in
- Item Weight
- 11.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 128 Pages
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Often compared to Byron, Keats, Shelley, and Poe, called Lautreamont's ""elder brother"" by the Czech Surrealists, Karel Hynek Macha (1810-1836) was the greatest Czech Romantic poet, and arguably the most influential of any poet in the language. May, his epic masterpiece, was published in April 1836, just seven months before his death. Considered the "pearl" of Czech poetry, it is a tale of seduction, revenge, and patricide. A paean as well to nature, the beauty of its music and its innovative use of language, expertly captured in this new translation by Marcela Sulak, has ensured the poem's lasting popularity. Scorned at first by the national revivalists of the 19th century for being ""un-Czech,"" Macha was held up as a ""national"" poet by later generations, a fate which the interwar Czech avant-garde, who considered him a precursor, took it upon themselves to reverse. Unlike other seminal 19th-century European poets, Macha's work has been largely ignored in English translation. The present volume provides the original Czech text in parallel and includes a series of illustrations by Jindrich Styrský specifically created for the poem.
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Twisted Spoon Press
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808626422x
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9788086264226
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Book Title
May
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
European / General, Subjects & Themes / Nature, General
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Poetry
Number of Pages
128 Pages
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Item Length
7.5in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.7in
Item Weight
11.3 Oz
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Pg5038.M28
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Marcela Sulak has beautifully maintained the same style of poetic language as Macha, with the use of the dash to represent silence and time lapse. Sulak's Introduction is also informative for the non-reader of Czech and fairly explains the difficulties in maintaining a true English parallel to the original. Slavic and East European Journal, Marcela Sulak has beautifully maintained the same style of poetic language as Macha, with the use of the dash to represent silence and time lapse. Sulak's Introduction is also informative for the non-reader of Czech and fairly explains the difficulties in maintaining a true English parallel to the original. -- Slavic and East European Journal, Many works of art and literature are beloved because they are linked inextricably to the culture and age from which they sprang. [] Macha's May seems to fit both categories: Stylistically, it has no real precedent in Czech literature, and yet over the past two centuries it has taken a central place in the hearts and minds of [Czechs] as the crowning achievement of Czech Romanticism. That fact is reason enough to read the poem. Marcela Sulak's skillful, sensitive translation of Macha's groundbreaking language is another. The Prague Post, Many works of art and literature are beloved because they are linked inextricably to the culture and age from which they sprang. [...] Macha's "May" seems to fit both categories: Stylistically, it has no real precedent in Czech literature, and yet over the past two centuries it has taken a central place in the hearts and minds of [Czechs] as the crowning achievement of Czech Romanticism. That fact is reason enough to read the poem. Marcela Sulak's skillful, sensitive translation of Macha's groundbreaking language is another. --The Prague Post
Illustrated by
Styrsky, Jindrich
Copyright Date
2005
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
891.8614
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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