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The Forest of childhood : poems from Sweden / edited and translated by William Jay Smith, Leif Sjöberg.
LIBRA PT9590.E5 F774 1996
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Swedish poetry--20th century--Translations into English.
- Swedish poetry.
- English poetry--Translations.
- English poetry.
- Translations.
- Physical Description:
- 207 pages ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Poems from Sweden
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, MN : New Rivers Press, 1996.
- Summary:
- An anthology of ten 20th century Swedish poets translation. "In Swedish poetry from the seventeenth century on, nature has been a favorite subject. All these poets may be seen as born allies of the botanist Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778)" (from William Jay Smith's introduction). The poets here include: Johannes Edfelt, Harry Martinson, Artur Lundkvist, Kjell Hjern, Osten Sjostrand, Folke Isaksson, Lars Lundkvist, Kerstin Thorek, Lars Gustafsson, and Elisabeth Rynell.
- Notes:
- "New Rivers abroad book."
- ISBN:
- 0898231353
- OCLC:
- 35820379
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