Translators Leonard Nathan and James Larson present seventy-five poems from Gunnar Ekelof's middle phase (1938-1959), a period that saw the production of his richest and most enduring poetry. With fewer than a third of these poems previously available in English, this volume illuminates the work of a poet acknowledged to be in the first rank not ...
Gunnar Ekelof (1907-1968), poet and essayist, is widely regarded as one of the most original Scandinavian writers of the 20th century. Subtle and penetrative as his mature thought undoubtedly is, and shot through with cryptic allusions and esoteric overtones, he was nevertheless always concerned to try to temper his erudition in ways which would ...
Binding: Hardback.
Publisher: Suhrkamp
Date Published: 1962
Description: Very good lightly edgeworn dust jackets. Very good condition. Double dust jackets, both lighlty foxed. Text in Swedish and German. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Albert Bonniers
Date Published: 1966
Description: Fine. No Jacket. Text in Swedish. Urval och inledning av Reidar Ekner. Superb, near-mint copy. Text & binding like new; boards have a hint of edge rubbing, o/w like new. Appears never to have been read or opened. 131 pgs. read more
Binding: Library Boards
Publisher: Albert Bonniers Forlag
Date Published: 1969
Description: Very Good; Ex-Lib. No Jacket. Swedish Language Hardcover. 8 5/16"; 21.11cm. In addition to discussions on a wide variety of literary subjects and authors--the Gilgamesh-eposet, Conrad, Marcel Proust, Strindbergs dikter, Hjalmar Soderbergs Stockholm--and lighter topics--Inblick i yogilivet--there are personal essays, of which the most important is probably Anteckningar till En Molna-Elegi. 196 pages, with Utgivarens efterskrift by Reidar Ekner. Ex-Lib markings include sticker on backstrip; ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bonniers
Date Published: 1961
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. clean text, tight binding, light wear to exterior, some markings. 75 p. book of swedish poetry read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Albert Bonniers
Date Published: 1966
Description: Fair in none jacket. Cover worn, marginalia, from the collection of Walter Broman, with Swedish newspaper article about Broman's Swedish sabbatical laid in. read more
Description: Very good. Used, remainders or ex-library, english-speaking-service, Gebraucht oder Verlagsrestbestand, evtl. aus Bibliotheksbestand, bei mehrbändigen Werken bitten wir um vorherige Anfrage, korrekte Rechnung mit ausgewiesener MwSt., deutschsprachiger Service, 14-Tage-Rückgaberecht. read more
Description: Very good. Used, remainders or ex-library, english-speaking-service, Gebraucht oder Verlagsrestbestand, evtl. aus Bibliotheksbestand, bei mehrbändigen Werken bitten wir um vorherige Anfrage, korrekte Rechnung mit ausgewiesener MwSt., deutschsprachiger Service, 14-Tage-Rückgaberecht. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Beacon Press
Date Published: 1975
Description: 1st ed. Three Swedish poets whose poetry has been chosen and translated by Robert Bly--Martinson was the Nobel Prize winner for literature in 1974. This is a signed presentation copy by Bly on the title page. The book is fine, the spine of the dust jacket shows some wear. read more
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