The Selected Poetry of Dan Pagis (Literature of the Middle East) [Paperback]

Dan Pagis (Author), Stephen Mitchell (Translator)

Book Description

Series: Literature of the Middle East | Publication Date: October 22, 1996

Dan Pagis (1930-1986) spent three of his adolescent years in a Nazi camp before arriving in Palestine in 1946. He became one of the most vibrant voices in modern Israeli poetry and is considered a major world poet of his generation.
A master scholar of Hebrew literature, Pagis drew fully on classical texts and infused his poetry with a centuries-old mysticism. Yet he also brought an immediacy and colloquialism to Hebrew poetry. In these superbly translated poems, Dan Pagis's voice can be heard celebrating the human spirit.

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Already
An Ancient Complaint
Autobiography
The Beginning
Bestiary: Armchairs
Bestiary: Balloons
Bestiary: Fossils
Bestiary: The Biped
Bestiary: The Elephant
Bisection
Brain
Bridgehead Photograph
Brothers
The Caveman Is Not About To Talk
Central Park, Twilight
Come
Conversation
The Cycle
Draft Of A Reparations Agreement
Ein Leben
Encounters
Epilogue From Robinson Crusoe
Europe, Late
Exposure
Failure
Final Examination
Final Report
Footprints
For A Literary Survey
The Freedom Machine
The Grand Duke Of New York
Harvests
He'll Come Out For Sure
Homily
How To
In The Laboratory
Information
Instructions For Crossing The Border
Jason's Grave In Jerusalem
Lament For A Master Of Style
The Last Ones
A Lesson In Observation
The Limits Of Physics
Memorial Evening
A Modest Sum
A Moment At The Louvre
Moments Of Old Age
A New Lover
An Opening To Satan
Out Of Line
Outside An Air Base, California
Pages In An Album
Picture Postcard From Our Youth
Point Of Departure
The Portrait
The Readiness
Ready For Parting
Recognition
The Roll Call
The Runner Artist
Scarabs
Seashell
The Shot
Siege
A Small Poetics
Snake
Sominex
The Souvenir
Spaceship
Sport
The Story
Sudden Heart
Sugarduke
Testimony
Tidings
The Tortoise
Toward Home
The Tower
Tropical Greenhouse
Twelve Faces Of The Emerald
Visit To F Physicist
Wall Calendar
Wind From Variable Directions
Writers
Written In Pencil In The Sealed Railway-car
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Hebrew

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: University of California Press (October 22, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0520205391
• ISBN-13: 978-0520205390
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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  • #53 in Books > Literature & Fiction > World Literature > Middle Eastern > Hebrew

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great scholar poet, April 11, 2005

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This review is from: The Selected Poetry of Dan Pagis (Literature of the Middle East) (Paperback)

Dan Pagis along with his good friend T. Carmi was a great scholar poet. His poetry combines a deep feeling for the sufferings of Jewish history especially the Shoah. A broken and condensed beauty pervade his work.
This collection is a highly recommended introduction to one of modern Hebrew poetry's major voices.