As For Love Poems and Translations

by Rosenthal, M.L.

• ISBN13: 9780195052688
• ISBN10: 0195052684
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1987-10-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

M.L. Rosenthal's poetry has been called "great in the sense...we reserve for the mighty dead" ( The Nation ) and "adventurous...blessed with humor and wisdom" ( The Times Literary Supplement ). "His rhythms are flawless, subtle and keep us close to his feeling," writes Library Journal. This new volume includes the title sequence "As for Love," with its elegaic play of memory involving remembrances of China and the absorption of an elderly Chinese poet's musings over his changed world. Also included are the shorter sequence "The Blonde on the Beach" and individual lyric poems; as well as satiric political verse; parodies; the uninhibited and experimental "A Choice of Titles"; and translations from the Catalan of J.V. Foix, 1he German of Rainer Maria Rilke, and the Chinese of Zhao euihong.

Author Biography

About the Author:
M.L. Rosenthal is a distinguished critic, teacher, and editor as well as a poet. His most recent books include Poems 1964-1980, Sailing into the Unknown, The Modern Poetic Sequence: The Genius of Modern Poetry (with Sally M. Gall), and The Poet's Art.