Manna: For the Mandelstams for the MandelasU of Minnesota Press, 1. dec. 2000 - 358 sider A prose-poem on two married couples involved in the revolutionary struggle. One is Nelson and Willie Mandella of South Africa, the other Russian poet Osip Mandelstam and his wife, Nadezhda. In drawing parallels, the author stresses the contribution of the wives. |
Indhold
The Political Isand the Poetical | vii |
Dedication to the Ostrich | 1 |
Face of Abandon | 23 |
The True Portrait of Nelson | 71 |
Akhmatovas Egg | 101 |
The End of the Unfinished Poem | 117 |
Osips Last Letter | 145 |
All the Things They Couldnt Do | 171 |
The Without Farewell of the First of May | 187 |
A Life of Letters | 227 |
The Posthumous Poem | 243 |
Translators Notes to Manna | 273 |
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Almindelige termer og sætninger
Acmeism Africa Akhmatova alive antelope arrest beautiful behold beneath birds Bizana blood body born Brandfort breast breath cake century Cixous's Cixousian Clarence Brown Clarice Lispector comes Dante dead death door dream dying earth eternity everything exile eyes face fear feel feminine flesh forget French hands hear heart Hélène Cixous hell hippopotamus hope human inside language letter light lips living longer look lost Manna metaphor metonymy mother mouth Nadezhda Nadezhda Mandelstam Nelson Mandela never night Osip Mandelstam ostrich paradise pass poem poet poetic poetry political prison Promethea river Russian silence skin soul Steve Biko stop story strange suffering tears teeth tell Tembu thing thought trans translation truth Tswana Umtata University voice Voronezh W. S. Merwin waiting wall wings Winnie Mandela woman women word writing Xhosa Zami Zami's
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