From Culbone Wood - In Xanadu - Lowenstein, Tom
20,99 €
inkl. MwSt.
Versandkostenfrei*
Versandfertig in 1-2 Wochen
payback
10 °P sammeln
  • Broschiertes Buch

In the voice of an eighteenth century poet who the previous afternoon had written 'Kubla Khan', this long prose meditation takes the reader through an English pastoral landscape to the Central Asian steppe, the palaces and gardens of the Khan who ruled north China in the 13th century, and then back to rural Somerset. While Coleridge is implied, the garrulous and solipsistic persona who talks through these journals, essays and fantasias is an a-historical figure who lives largely in, and for imagination.

Andere Kunden interessierten sich auch für
Produktbeschreibung
In the voice of an eighteenth century poet who the previous afternoon had written 'Kubla Khan', this long prose meditation takes the reader through an English pastoral landscape to the Central Asian steppe, the palaces and gardens of the Khan who ruled north China in the 13th century, and then back to rural Somerset. While Coleridge is implied, the garrulous and solipsistic persona who talks through these journals, essays and fantasias is an a-historical figure who lives largely in, and for imagination.
Autorenporträt
Tom Lowenstein has taught English in London and at Northwestern University since the mid-1960s. The final volume of his trilogy based on work in north Alaska was published in 2009. He studied Sanskrit and Pali at SOAS, Cambridge and the University of Washington. His poetry collections include Filibustering in Samsara, Ancestors and Species and Conversation with Murasaki.