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Condition of Secrecy : Selected Essays, Paperback by Christensen, Inger; Nied...
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- ISBN
- 9780811228114
- Book Title
- Condition of Secrecy
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Literary Collections
- Topic
- European / Scandinavian
- Item Weight
- 5.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 160 Pages
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Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
ISBN-10
0811228118
ISBN-13
9780811228114
eBay Product ID (ePID)
242896953
Product Key Features
Book Title
Condition of Secrecy
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
European / Scandinavian
Genre
Literary Criticism, Literary Collections
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
5.3 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2018-021516
Reviews
Condition of Secrecy exudes--and induces--the same fugue-like state induced by the best poems, especially long poems, and particularly Christensen's own., What sets Christensen above other poets, moralists, mystics, and scientists is that she rarely instructs by telling how to see, but instead gets readers to experience an alternate way of seeing through the reading of her verse. From one essay to the next, her luminous prose (conveyed in graceful, intimate English by her longtime translator Susanna Nied) confirms what was already evident in the poems: that Christensen was one of the eminent visionaries of the 20th century., Christensen is at her most intriguing when posing questions, as when she wonders, 'Does art originate from the same necessity that gives rise to beehives, the songs of larks, and the dances of cranes?' and asking whether it is possible to write poetry that is compelling if read 'out loud to a cockroach?' These borderline silly yet profoundly imaginative questions make for a thought-provoking reading experience., Like Hesiod, Inger Christensen wants to give us an account of what is--of everything that is and how it is said and what we are in the midst of., Like all Christensen's writing, The Condition of Secrecy aims to be a history of no less than everything: the origins of the stars and our souls, the beauty of fractals and of third-century Chinese poetry. It is a book about eating strawberries, witch-burning and the challenge that the soft, scumbled sides of clouds pose to geometry. It's about standing in the garden and watching yellow slugs 'moving like slow flames' in sunlight. It's a hectic kind of erudition that could easily seem showy, but in these essays we experience it as a kind of abundance, an outpouring of love for the world. Nied's clean, musical translation helps. There is nothing knotty, nothing strained. The arguments radiate outward with the measured rhythm of ripples in water., One of Scandinavia's finest experimental poets, Christensen's probing, questioning, hopeful voice was an important one and is missed, but we can still hear it in this provocative book. A poet who was definitely not living in an ivory tower., Inger Christensen manages to make wit, passionand questioning, and astonishing design serve each other's ends as one, and shedoes it in a way that is utterly her own.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
839.81474
Synopsis
For the first time available in English, a selection of some of Inger Christensen's most insightful essays and poetic prose pieces, The Condition of Secrecy is a poignant collection of essays by Inger Christensen, widely regarded as one of the most influential Scandinavian writers of the twentieth century. As The New York Times proclaimed, "Despite the rigorous structure that undergirds her work--or more likely, because of it--Ms. Christensen's style is lyrical, even playful." The same could be said of Christensen's essays. Here, she formulates with increasing clarity the basis of her approach to writing, and provides insights into how she composed specific poetry volumes. Some essays are autobiographical (with memories of Christensen's school years during the Nazi occupation of Denmark), and others are political, touching on the Cold War and Chernobyl. The Condition of Secrecy also covers the Ars Poetica of Lu Chi (261-303 CE); William Blake and Isaac Newton; and such topics as randomness as a universal force and the role of the writer as an agent of social change. The Condition of Secrecy confirms that Inger Christensen is "a true singer of the syllables" (C. D. Wright), and "a formalist who makes her own rules, then turns the game around with another rule" (Eliot Weinberger).
LC Classification Number
PT8176.13.H727H4613
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2018
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