Poetry, the geometry of the living substance : four essays on Agnes Nemes Nagy / by Agnes Lehoczky ; foreword by Geoge Szirtes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lehóczky, Ágnes, 1976-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hungarian literature.

Nemes Nagy, Ágnes--Criticism and interpretation.

Nemes Nagy, Ágnes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Poetry, the Geometry of the Living Substance is the first serious and sustained study in English of one of the most important Hungarian writers of the 20th century, the modernist poet Ágnes Nemes Nagy. The book captures the dual nature of poetry, as a discourse of the infinite and the abyssal, through close readings of her poetry and prose. These four essays draw parallels between Ágnes Nemes Nagy and other thinkers and theorists, such as Rilke, Celan, Heidegger, Derrida, Beckett and Blancho...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; APPENDICES; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; APPENDIX D; APPENDIX E; APPENDIX F; APPENDIX G; APPENDIX H; APPENDIX I; APPENDIX J; APPENDIX K; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-197) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-283-14202-3

1-4438-2744-4

9786613142023

OCLC:

827209283