The Poetry of Heartbreak: Miklós Radnóti's “The Fifth Eclogue”

In 100 Poems to Break Your Heart, the author's current book-length project (in progress), Edward Hirsch offers short essays on poems he finds especially heartbreaking, including Dunya Mikhail's “The War Works Hard,” Meena Alexander's “Krishna, 3:29 a.m.,” Zbigniew Herbert's “Mr C...

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Published in:World literature today 2019-09, Vol.93 (4), p.18-20
Main Author: Hirsch, Edward
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Criticism and interpretation
Essays
Portrayals
Radnóti, Miklós
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Summary:In 100 Poems to Break Your Heart, the author's current book-length project (in progress), Edward Hirsch offers short essays on poems he finds especially heartbreaking, including Dunya Mikhail's “The War Works Hard,” Meena Alexander's “Krishna, 3:29 a.m.,” Zbigniew Herbert's “Mr Cogito and the Imagination,” and Rose Ausländer's “My Nightingale.” The following is an excerpt.
ISSN:0196-3570
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1945-8134
DOI:10.1353/wlt.2019.0273