Multitudinous heart : selected poems : a bilingual edition
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xxvii, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English

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General Note
This is a translation of poems from several books: Alguma poesia; Brejo das Almas; Sentimento do mundo; José; A rosa do povo; Novos poemas; Claro enigma; A vida passada a limpo; A falta que ama; As impurezas do braco; Boitempo; Corpo; Farewell.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-380) and indexes.
Description
"The most indispensable poems of Brazil's greatest poet Brazil, according to no less an observer than Elizabeth Bishop, is a place where poets hold a place of honor. "Among men, the name of 'poet' is sometimes used as a compliment or term of affection, even if the person referred to is not a poet at all. One of the most famous twentieth-century poets, Manuel Bandeira, was presented with a permanent parking space in front of his apartment house in Rio de Janeiro, with an enamelled sign POETA--although he never owned a car and didn't know how to drive." In a culture like this, it is difficult to underestimate the importance of the nation's greatest poet, Carlos Drummond de Andrade. Drummond, the most emblematic Brazilian poet, was a master of transforming the ordinary world, through language, into the sublime. His poems--musical protests, twisted hymns, dissonant celebrations of imperfection--are transcriptions of life itself recorded by a magnanimous outcast. As he put it in his "Seven-Sided Poem": "When I was born, one of those twisted / angels who live in the shadows said: / 'Carlos, get ready to be a misfit in life!'. World so wide, world so large, / my heart's even larger." Multitudinous Heart, the most generous selection of Drummond's poems available in English, gathers work from the various phases of this restless, brilliant modernist. Richard Zenith's selection and translation brings us a more vivid and surprising poet than we knew"--,Provided by publisher.
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"A selection of the finest poems from the preeminent Brazilian poet of the twentieth century"--,Provided by publisher.
Language
Text in English and Portuguese.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Andrade, C. D. d., Zenith, R., & Andrade, C. D. d. (2015). Multitudinous heart: selected poems : a bilingual edition (First edition.). Farrar Straus Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Andrade, Carlos Drummond de, 1902-1987, Richard, Zenith and Carlos Drummond de Andrade. 2015. Multitudinous Heart: Selected Poems : A Bilingual Edition. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Andrade, Carlos Drummond de, 1902-1987, Richard, Zenith and Carlos Drummond de Andrade. Multitudinous Heart: Selected Poems : A Bilingual Edition New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2015.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Andrade, Carlos Drummond de, Richard Zenith, and Carlos Drummond de Andrade. Multitudinous Heart: Selected Poems : A Bilingual Edition First edition., Farrar Straus Giroux, 2015.

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