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Μια Ώρα είναι μια Θάλασσα
Την ποίηση της Emily Dickinson χαρακτηρίζει μια απέριττη, ελλειπτική γλώσσα μέσα από ένα συμπυκνωμένο, αποσπασματικό στίχο. Η ποιήτρια δεν χρειάζεται πολλούς στίχους για να πει αυτό που θέλει.
Είναι χαρακτηριστικό ότι τα 1333 από τα 1789 ποιήματά της - σύμφωνα με την δεύτερη Variorum Edition (R. W. Franklin, 1998) - είναι με δώδεκα το πολύ στίχους. Ακόμη και στην ακμή της πιο δημιουργικής της περιόδου (1862-1865) η ποιήτρια κατέφευγε περισσότερο σε ολιγόστιχες φόρμες: τα 546 από τα 849 ποιήματα εκείνων των ετών είναι μέχρι δώδεκα στίχους!
Από αυτά τα "ολιγόστιχα" επέλεξα 147 ποιήματα και τα συγκέντωσα σ' αυτήν την μικρού σχήματος έκδοση. Τα πιο πολλά έχουν ήδη συμπεριληφθή στις προηγούμενες δυο "μεγάλες" εκδόσεις μου, και μόνο τα 28 εμφανίζονται για πρώτη φορά εδώ.
Ο σκοπός αυτής της έκδοσης είναι διπλός:
-πρώτα, να προσπαθήσει να ευρύνει τον κύκλο των φίλων της Ντικινσόνιας ποίησης, παρουσιάζοντα ποιητικά ερεθίσματα που ίσως ανοίξουν τον δρόμο σε όλο το έργο της Ποιήτριας,
-και μετά, να υπάρχει και μια διγλωσση (με το πρωτότυπο κείμενο) έκδοση πιο χρηστική, σε σχήμα και μέγεθος, διότι, κάνοντας χρήση γι' αυτόν τον σκοπό - με την άδεια της Ποιήτριας - δυο στίχων της απότο ποίημα 557Α:
Να την κουβαλάς στο Χέρι -
Η Δικιά μου - πιο βολικιά -
Είναι χαρακτηριστικό ότι τα 1333 από τα 1789 ποιήματά της - σύμφωνα με την δεύτερη Variorum Edition (R. W. Franklin, 1998) - είναι με δώδεκα το πολύ στίχους. Ακόμη και στην ακμή της πιο δημιουργικής της περιόδου (1862-1865) η ποιήτρια κατέφευγε περισσότερο σε ολιγόστιχες φόρμες: τα 546 από τα 849 ποιήματα εκείνων των ετών είναι μέχρι δώδεκα στίχους!
Από αυτά τα "ολιγόστιχα" επέλεξα 147 ποιήματα και τα συγκέντωσα σ' αυτήν την μικρού σχήματος έκδοση. Τα πιο πολλά έχουν ήδη συμπεριληφθή στις προηγούμενες δυο "μεγάλες" εκδόσεις μου, και μόνο τα 28 εμφανίζονται για πρώτη φορά εδώ.
Ο σκοπός αυτής της έκδοσης είναι διπλός:
-πρώτα, να προσπαθήσει να ευρύνει τον κύκλο των φίλων της Ντικινσόνιας ποίησης, παρουσιάζοντα ποιητικά ερεθίσματα που ίσως ανοίξουν τον δρόμο σε όλο το έργο της Ποιήτριας,
-και μετά, να υπάρχει και μια διγλωσση (με το πρωτότυπο κείμενο) έκδοση πιο χρηστική, σε σχήμα και μέγεθος, διότι, κάνοντας χρήση γι' αυτόν τον σκοπό - με την άδεια της Ποιήτριας - δυο στίχων της απότο ποίημα 557Α:
Να την κουβαλάς στο Χέρι -
Η Δικιά μου - πιο βολικιά -
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Published July 1, 2002
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About the author
Emily Dickinson
1,559 books6,864 followersEmily Dickinson was an American poet who, despite the fact that less than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime, is widely considered one of the most original and influential poets of the 19th century.
Dickinson was born to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. After she studied at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent a short time at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room. Most of her friendships were therefore carried out by correspondence.
Although Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime.The work that was published during her lifetime was usually altered significantly by the publishers to fit the conventional poetic rules of the time. Dickinson's poems are unique for the era in which she wrote; they contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often use slant rhyme as well as unconventional capitalization and punctuation.Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality, two recurring topics in letters to her friends.
Although most of her acquaintances were probably aware of Dickinson's writing, it was not until after her death in 1886—when Lavinia, Emily's younger sister, discovered her cache of poems—that the breadth of Dickinson's work became apparent. Her first collection of poetry was published in 1890 by personal acquaintances Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd, both of whom heavily edited the content.
A complete and mostly unaltered collection of her poetry became available for the first time in 1955 when The Poems of Emily Dickinson was published by scholar Thomas H. Johnson. Despite unfavorable reviews and skepticism of her literary prowess during the late 19th and early 20th century, critics now consider Dickinson to be a major American poet.
For more information, please see http://www.answers.com/topic/emily-di...
Dickinson was born to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. After she studied at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent a short time at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room. Most of her friendships were therefore carried out by correspondence.
Although Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime.The work that was published during her lifetime was usually altered significantly by the publishers to fit the conventional poetic rules of the time. Dickinson's poems are unique for the era in which she wrote; they contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often use slant rhyme as well as unconventional capitalization and punctuation.Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality, two recurring topics in letters to her friends.
Although most of her acquaintances were probably aware of Dickinson's writing, it was not until after her death in 1886—when Lavinia, Emily's younger sister, discovered her cache of poems—that the breadth of Dickinson's work became apparent. Her first collection of poetry was published in 1890 by personal acquaintances Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd, both of whom heavily edited the content.
A complete and mostly unaltered collection of her poetry became available for the first time in 1955 when The Poems of Emily Dickinson was published by scholar Thomas H. Johnson. Despite unfavorable reviews and skepticism of her literary prowess during the late 19th and early 20th century, critics now consider Dickinson to be a major American poet.
For more information, please see http://www.answers.com/topic/emily-di...
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November 4, 2021
''Στους Ζώντες αν χάριζες-τα Δάκρυα-
Που σπαταλάς για τους Νεκρούς,
Θα'σαν όλοι σύντροφοί σου-τώρα,
Γύρω απ' την Παραστιά Σου''.
''Το Σόι του Μελιού
τη Μέλισσα δεν την νοιάζει,
Πάντα, γι' αυτήν ένα τριφύλλι
Αριστοκρατία μοιάζει''.
Που σπαταλάς για τους Νεκρούς,
Θα'σαν όλοι σύντροφοί σου-τώρα,
Γύρω απ' την Παραστιά Σου''.
''Το Σόι του Μελιού
τη Μέλισσα δεν την νοιάζει,
Πάντα, γι' αυτήν ένα τριφύλλι
Αριστοκρατία μοιάζει''.
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