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A postmodern poet who successfully employed classic structures to exploit the range of possibilities inherent in the Slovenian language, this selection from the life's work of Milan Jesih highlights his revolutionary approach to verse. Beginning with humor and autobiography and gradually withdrawing into a universe of of fragments, quotations, dreams, and doubt, this collection offers English readers a first glimpse into the work of one of Slovenia's literary treasures.

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"There's no harm in that, if they want me to be a postmodernist I'll settle for it, what the hell, the poem won't be any better or worse for it." --Milan Jesih

Selected Poems

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      Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/11/2015
      ISBN13: 9781628971101, 978-1628971101
      ISBN10: 162897110X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A postmodern poet who successfully employed classic structures to exploit the range of possibilities inherent in the Slovenian language, this selection from the life's work of Milan Jesih highlights his revolutionary approach to verse. Beginning with humor and autobiography and gradually withdrawing into a universe of of fragments, quotations, dreams, and doubt, this collection offers English readers a first glimpse into the work of one of Slovenia's literary treasures.

      Trade Review
      "There's no harm in that, if they want me to be a postmodernist I'll settle for it, what the hell, the poem won't be any better or worse for it." --Milan Jesih

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