“Every poet loses in translation, and Cavafy is not an exception. What is exceptional is that he also gains. He gains not only because he is a fairly didactic poet, but also because, starting as early as 1900-1910, he began to strip his poems of all poetic paraphernalia-rich imagery, similes, metric flamboyance, and, as already mentioned, rhymes. This is the economy of maturity”
Joseph Brodsky, Less Than One
“This is the economy of maturity”. Tenho pelo menos um poeta favorito que é o contrário de tudo isto, e no entanto a ideia da concentração e despojamento poéticos fascinam-me sempre.
Joseph Brodsky, Less Than One
“This is the economy of maturity”. Tenho pelo menos um poeta favorito que é o contrário de tudo isto, e no entanto a ideia da concentração e despojamento poéticos fascinam-me sempre.
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