{"product_id":"this-craft-of-verse-the-charles-eliot-norton-lectures","title":"This Craft of Verse (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrough a twist of fate that the author of Labyrinths himself would have relished  these lost lectures given in English at Harvard in 19671968 by Jorge Luis Borges return to us now  a recovered tale of a life-long love affair with literature and the English language. Transcribed from tapes only recently discovered  This Craft of Verse captures the cadences  candor  wit  and remarkable erudition of one of the most extraordinary and enduring literary voices of the twentieth century. In its wide-ranging commentary and exquisite insights  the book stands as a deeply personal yet far-reaching introduction to the pleasures of the word  and as a first-hand testimony to the life of literature.  Though his avowed topic is poetry  Borges explores subjects ranging from prose forms (especially the novel)  literary history  and translation theory to philosophical aspects of literature in particular and communication in general. Probably the best-read citizen of the globe in his day  he draws on a wealth of examples from literature in modern and medieval English  Spanish  French  Italian  German  Greek  Latin  Arabic  Hebrew  and Chinese  speaking with characteristic eloquence on Plato  the Norse kenningar  Byron  Poe  Chesterton  Joyce  and Frost  as well as on translations of Homer  the Bible  and the Rubiyt of Omar Khayym.  Whether discussing metaphor  epic poetry  the origins of verse  poetic meaning  or his own poetic creed  Borges gives a performance as entertaining as it is intellectually engaging. A lesson in the love of literature and in the making of a unique literary sensibility  this is a sustained encounter with one of the writers by whom the twentieth century will be long remembered.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946807128117,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674008200","price":35.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674008205.jpg?v=1769967155","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/this-craft-of-verse-the-charles-eliot-norton-lectures","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}