The Digamma - Hoyt Rogers - Bog

An inspiring book of poetry and prose by the celebrated author Yves Bonnefoy. Heralded as one of FranceâEUR(TM)s greatest poets, Yves Bonnefoy has been dazzling readers since the publication of his first book in 1953. He remains influential and relevant, continuing to compose groundbreaking new work. Though Bonnefoy recently celebrated his ninetieth birthday, many are calling these past two decades his most impressive yet. His latest book of poetry and prose, The Digamma, fits wonderfully into his impressive oeuvre, offering his signature style of simple but powerful language with fresh new grace. A key passage of the title piece of the book depicts the figures of Nicolas PoussinâEUR(TM)s The Shepherds of Arcadia, which Bonnefoy has identified as crucial to the artistâEUR(TM)s evolution. The sustained reference to PoussinâEUR(TM)s iconography serves to ground the text in the lost civilizations of antiquity. Subtly, it brings out the underlying theme of the entire collectionâEUR"in the ambivalent world we inhabit, being and non-being is fundamentally one. As a leading translator of Shakespeare in France, BonnefoyâEUR(TM)s fascination with the master playwright is displayed in âEURœGod in HamletâEUR? and âEURœFor a Staging of Othello,âEUR? two poems in prose that belong to an ongoing series of meditations on the plays. The collection also includes haunting reflections on children, nature, the origins of art, and vanished cultures.