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| ====== Excerpt from "A" - 12 by Louis Zukofsky====== | |
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| **//The Serpent and the Fire// (pp. 512-514)** \\ | //The Serpent and the Fire// (pp. 512-514) \\ |
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| | ====== A - 12 (excerpt) by Louis Zukofsky====== |
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| ===== Biography of Louis Zukofsky ===== | ===== Biography of Louis Zukofsky ===== |
| Positioning him relative to the Introspectivists, who were a contemporary Yiddish-language poetry movement, "Zukofsky, who went much further than the Introspectivists in his explorations of the relationships between external objects and subjective experience" (Ponichtera 13). | Positioning him relative to the Introspectivists, who were a contemporary Yiddish-language poetry movement, "Zukofsky, who went much further than the Introspectivists in his explorations of the relationships between external objects and subjective experience" (Ponichtera 13). |
| ===== [A-12] ===== | ===== [A-12] ===== |
| A is an extremely long poem. It can be understood as a life's work. | A is an extremely long poem. It can be understood as a life's work. //"This poem, a life’s work begun in 1928, was ultimately published in its entirety in 1978 shortly after the poet’s death. Although the main body of the poem was completed by 1974, Zukofsky spent his final years composing an index for the poem, an effort that may be seen as integral to the writing of the poem, given the author’s extensive use of allusion and quotation" (Ponichtera 7)// |
| //"This poem, a life’s work begun in 1928, was ultimately published in its entirety in 1978 shortly after the poet’s death. Although the main body of the poem was completed by 1974, Zukofsky spent his final years composing an index for the poem, an effort that may be seen as integral to the writing of the poem, given the author’s extensive use of allusion and quotation" (Ponichtera 7)\\ | |
| | * [[https://archive.org/details/a1120000zuko | Sections 1 - 12 can be read on Internet Archive]] |
| | * [[https://archive.org/details/a13210000zuko | Sections 13 - 21 can be read on Internet Archive:]] |
| | * [[https://z-site.net/notes-to-a/a-12/ | Extensive notes for Section 12]] |
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| * [[https://archive.org/details/a1120000zuko | Sections 1 - 12 can be read on Internet Archive]]\\ | |
| * [[https://archive.org/details/a13210000zuko | Sections 13 - 21 can be read on Internet Archive:]]\\ | |
| * [[https://z-site.net/notes-to-a/a-12/ | Extensive notes for Section 12]] | |
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| ==== Form ==== | ==== Form ==== |
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| Possibly see chapter 1 in this book: [[https://sshelco-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/sqqodt/01SSHELCO_IUP_ALMA51191438110003564]] | |
| * Unordered List Item flow charts (Z. 163) | * Unordered List Item flow charts (Z. 163) |
| * substance, being, non-being (A 164) | * substance, being, non-being (A 164) |
| * letter poems (A 231-234) | * letter poems (A 231-234) |
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| === Non-Word Symbols and Un-Vocalized Structures === | ==== Non-Word Symbols and Un-Vocalized Structures ==== |
| Rothenberg's selection in //The Serpent and the Fire// from Zukofsky's //A-12// begins at a natural starting point. Part of the illustrative work including non-word symbols is pulling the reader's attention to something significant—something worth thinking about. | Rothenberg's selection in //The Serpent and the Fire// from Zukofsky's //A-12// begins at a natural starting point. Part of the illustrative work including non-word symbols is pulling the reader's attention to something significant—something worth thinking about. |
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| | ==== A Meaning ==== |
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| ==== A Meaning? ==== | |
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| On the surface level Zukofsky writes about the relationship between his father, Paul, and his son, Paul. //A-12// contains many literary and cultural allusions to mythology, religion, philosophy, and twentieth-century history. Zukofsky was well read, and his poetry attempts to incite the imagination of the read through allusions to Shakespears' A Midsummer-Nights Dream (Bottom especially), esoteric readings of the book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible, words of wisdom from chassidic Rebbes, meditations on the passion of Christ, epic impressions of Greek myth, and don't forget B. Spinoza (A 188-89). | On the surface level Zukofsky writes about the relationship between his father, Paul, and his son, Paul. //A-12// contains many literary and cultural allusions to mythology, religion, philosophy, and twentieth-century history. Zukofsky was well read, and his poetry attempts to incite the imagination of the read through allusions to Shakespears' A Midsummer-Nights Dream (Bottom especially), esoteric readings of the book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible, words of wisdom from chassidic Rebbes, meditations on the passion of Christ, epic impressions of Greek myth, and don't forget B. Spinoza (A 188-89). |
| Overall, "Not merely a piece of linguistic showmanship, Zukofsky’s method of translation informs his overall poetics, which embraces the potential of bringing diverse and even clashing voices into conversation with one another" (Ponichtera 1). \\ | Overall, "Not merely a piece of linguistic showmanship, Zukofsky’s method of translation informs his overall poetics, which embraces the potential of bringing diverse and even clashing voices into conversation with one another" (Ponichtera 1). \\ |
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| External link: | External links: |
| * [[https://ingeveb.org/articles/louis-zukofsky-building-a-poetics-of-translation | Louis Zukofsky: Building a Poetics of Translation]] | * [[https://ingeveb.org/articles/louis-zukofsky-building-a-poetics-of-translation | Louis Zukofsky: Building a Poetics of Translation]] |
| * [[https://z-site.net/notes-to-poetry/poem-beginning-the/|You can read the full text of Poem beginning “The” online, here.]] | * [[https://z-site.net/notes-to-poetry/poem-beginning-the/|You can read the full text of Poem beginning “The” online, here.]] |
| Ahearn, Barry. "About //A//: Introduction." //A//. Louis Zukofsky, New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2011, pp. vii-xix. | Ahearn, Barry. "About //A//: Introduction." //A//. Louis Zukofsky, New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2011, pp. vii-xix. |
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| {{tag>NewYork Objectivist}} | {{tag>New_York Objectivist The_Baalshem}} |
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