Ruin /
Luke McMullan.
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| Summary: | The following are translations of an Old English (Anglo-Saxon) poem traditionally called 'The Ruin'. The single copy of the manuscript, part of the Exeter Book, was partially burnt in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731. Consensus is that the poem describes an Anglo-Saxon's encounter with the Roman ruins of Bath. Some archaeological evidence corroborates this. The ambition of this book is for a new kind of translation: to dwell in this text as Francis Ponge did in the pine woods. All poems exist diaphanously, dispersed among matrices of accumulated possible readings. Readers must weigh the balance of probabilities these choices mount up before proceeding or, better yet, hold many points aloft. I hope this book facilitates such suspensions. - Introduction. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Buffalo, New York :
Blazevox [Books],
2018.
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| Notes: | Except where prohibitive, translations have been printed on the left-hand page and notes in parallel on the right-hand page. - note in introduction. Physical description: 81 pages ; 20 cm. more |
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