Russian, German, Tlingit. Like the languages he translates, Richard Dauenhauer's poetry offers unexpected surprises. A prolific translator who also works in Finnish, Swedish, and classical Greek, he has a poetic command of language that has earned him wide recognition over fifty years of published work. Benchmarks spans these decades of writing, and each poem contained within marks a certain place in time and space, like a surveyor's benchmark. The poems play with language while focusing on the land and people of Alaska. And like Alaska itself, this book offers a variety of delights-readers will find a new experience with each turn.
- ISBN10 1602232091
- ISBN13 9781602232099
- Publish Date 15 November 2013
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Alaska Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 264
- Language English
- URL http://wiley.com/remtitle.cgi?isbn=9781602232099