Full Description
A revelatory volume of two of the twentieth century's great poetic innovators, Guillaume Apollinaire and Velimir Khlebnikov, in vibrant new translations by Robert Chandler
Guillaume Apollinaire and Velimir Khlebnikov never met, but they have much in common. Both inventive luminaries of Modernism, they played a central role in the avant-garde movements of their time and worked closely with the most important visual artists around them. Written with exhilarating freedom and creativity, their verse has continued to inspire poets to the present day.
Acclaimed translator and poet Robert Chandler offers a unique selection from both poets' work in vivid new translations. Showcasing their most direct, heartfelt verse alongside their form-breaking innovations, this volume reveals the deep insight with which these two poets wrote about love, friendship, art, revolution, famine and war.
Contents
CONTENTS
Foreword
Introduction
Part One: Birds and Animals
Part Two: Art
Part Three: Other poems, mostly Pre-War
Part Four: War, Revolution, Civil War and Famine
Part Five: Fate, History and Numbers
Part Six: Last Things
Part Seven: Memoirs by Others
Appendix
Chronology
Further Reading
Acknowledgments
