An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Brazilian Poetry (Wesleyan Poetry in Translation)
In Portuguese and English.A 25th anniversary edition of a book cited by Modern Language Journal as "notable for the original and interesting choice of poems and for the accuracy and poetic quality of the translations." Work by 14 Brazilian poets, including the late João Cabral de Melo Neto, is presented en face with translations by Elizabeth Bishop, Paul Blackburn, Ashley Brown, Jane Cooper, Richard Eberhart, Barbara Howes, June Jordan, Galway Kinnell, Jean Longland, James Merrill, W. S....
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In Portuguese and English.Belatedly, Bishop has also won recognition [in Brazil] for her efforts to promote modern Brazilian poetry. She not only edited the collection An Anthology of 20th-Century Brazilian Poetry (Wesleyan Press) but also translated the poems of Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Manuel Bandeira, João Cabral de Melo Neto and other poets esteemed here.
The Enormous Hand18Improvisation of the Dead Boy20The Song of the Wild Dove24Nightfall26Cemetery of Childhood28Elegy for Maria Alves32Second Rose Motif34Vigil36Ballad of the Ten Casino Dancers38The Dead Horse42Pyrargyrite Metal, 946Map48Horses54Travelling in the Family56Seven-Sided Poem62Don't Kill Yourself64The Table66Infancy84In the Middle of the Road88Family Portrait90Song94Sonnet on Fidelity96The Pear98Christmas Poem100Sonnet of Intimacy102Woman Recipe104Sonnet on Separation110The Cock112Daily Space114Windows116Poem118The End of the World120Cemetery in Pernambuco (Our Lady of Light)122Cemetery in Pernambuco (St. Lawrence of the Woods)124The Dead and Life of a Severino (The 'Retirante')126The Death and Life of a Severino (He Meets...)130The Death and Life of a Severino (Neighbors, friends...)138Imitation of Water140The Clouds144The Sea and the Canefield146Education by Stone148Weaving the Morning150The Canefield and the Sea152A Knife All Blade154The Emptiness of Man158The Drafted Vulture160The Man From Up-Country Talking162Two of the Festivals of Death164Map166Parameter168Clouds' Work170Bibliography175Notes on Editors and Translators179
\ From the Publisher"Belatedly, Bishop has also won recognition [in Brazil] for her efforts to promote modern Brazilian poetry. She not only edited the collection An Anthology of 20th-Century Brazilian Poetry (Wesleyan Press) but also translated the poems of Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Manuel Bandeira, Joao Cabral de Melo Neto and other poets esteemed here." --New York Times\ "Brazil has long been discovered, but its spiritual cartography is only begun, and this anthology is a powerful atlas"--Helen Vendler, New York Times Book Review\ \ \
