{"product_id":"9781937027704","title":"Before Lyricism","description":"\u003cbr\u003ePoetry. Translated from the Greek by Karen Emmerich. BEFORE LYRICISM includes six book-length poems: \u003cem\u003eThe Forest\u003c\/em\u003e (1954), \u003cem\u003ePlant Upbringing\u003c\/em\u003e (1956), \u003cem\u003eDiary of Age\u003c\/em\u003e (1958), \u003cem\u003eDescription of the Body\u003c\/em\u003e (1959), \u003cem\u003eThe Meaning of the Blind\u003c\/em\u003e (1962), and \u003cem\u003eOur Way of Being in Danger\u003c\/em\u003e (1966). Each of these, apart from \u003cem\u003ePlant Upbringing\u003c\/em\u003e, was published as a separate book, which Vakalo herself designed. (\u003cem\u003ePlant Upbringing\u003c\/em\u003e was originally included in the volume \u003cem\u003eWall Painting\u003c\/em\u003e, of which Vakalo later repudiated all but this single long poem.) For Vakalo, these poems formed a larger, accretive whole, which she titled \u003cem\u003ePrin Apo Ton Lyrismo (Before Lyricism)\u003c\/em\u003e. By bringing these poems together under a single cover, BEFORE LYRICISM allows us to see the complex web of intertextual relations that bind these books together. Meanwhile, by bringing these poems into English, this volume will enrich not only our knowledge of this key period in Vakalo's career, but English-language readers' understanding of modern Greek poetry as a whole.","brand":"Ugly Duckling Presse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033723388144,"sku":"9781937027704","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781937027704_p0.jpg?v=1763659990","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781937027704","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}