Drift (Paperback)
Caroline BergvallCaroline Bergvall's Drift retraces the language and maritime imagination of early medieval North Atlantic travels from the sagas to quest poems to today's sea migrancies. Its centerpiece is the song cycle, "Drift," which takes the anonymous 10th century Anglo-Saxon quest poem The Seafarer as its inspiration. Both ancient and contemporary tales of travel and exile shadow the plight and losses of wanderers across the waters in this haunting new book. Drift is the second of Bergvall's explorations of historical English language.
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Caroline Bergvall's Drift retraces the language and maritime imagination of early medieval North Atlantic travels from the sagas to quest poems to today's sea migrancies. Its centerpiece is the song cycle, "Drift," which takes the anonymous 10th century Anglo-Saxon quest poem The Seafarer as its inspiration. Both ancient and contemporary tales of travel and exile shadow the plight and losses of wanderers across the waters in this haunting new book. Drift is the second of Bergvall's explorations of historical English language.
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Imprint | Nightboat Books |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | April 2023 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | May 2014 |
Authors | Caroline Bergvall |
Dimensions | 184 x 133 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 80 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-937658-20-5 |
Barcode | 9781937658205 |
Categories | |
LSN | 1-937658-20-1 |
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