On Life, Death, and This and That of the Rest: The Frankfurt Lectures on Poetics (The Swiss List) - Hardcover
The Lectures on Poetics Series at the University of Frankfurt VI has hosted many illustrious speakers at its lectern, including Ingeborg Bachmann, Theodor Adorno, and Heinrich Böll. At the beginning of 2007, Urs Widmer—described by the Independent as “one of the living greats of Swiss literature”—spoke to more than twelve hundred students and enthusiasts, sharing the sum of his understandings of poets and their timeless creations.
In On Life, Death, and This and That of the Rest, English language readers will gain access to Widmer’s historic talks for the first time through Donal McLaughlin’s excellent translation. Here, Widmer imparts his views on the poet as deviant and as sufferer, and as the conduit for the dream of singing to the imagination in the nameless voice of the people. Here, one of our finest living writers shares his experience of life as an author and as a devotee of the printed word with a new and enthusiastic readership.
In On Life, Death, and This and That of the Rest, English language readers will gain access to Widmer’s historic talks for the first time through Donal McLaughlin’s excellent translation. Here, Widmer imparts his views on the poet as deviant and as sufferer, and as the conduit for the dream of singing to the imagination in the nameless voice of the people. Here, one of our finest living writers shares his experience of life as an author and as a devotee of the printed word with a new and enthusiastic readership.
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About the Author:
Urs Widmer is cofounder of Verlag der Autoren, an author-owned publishing house focusing on texts related to the performing arts. His works include the novels My Mother’s Lover and My Father’s Book, both published by Seagull Books. Donal McLaughlin specializes in translating Swiss fiction.
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- PublisherSeagull Books
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 085742100X
- ISBN 13 9780857421005
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages160
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