{"id":21115,"date":"2011-02-25T09:27:35","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T14:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=21115"},"modified":"2011-02-25T09:27:35","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T14:27:35","slug":"the-history-of-violets-ready-for-a-frygian-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2011\/02\/25\/the-history-of-violets-ready-for-a-frygian-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Violets: Ready for a Frygian Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/02\/History-of-Violets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21117\" src=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/02\/History-of-Violets.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/02\/History-of-Violets.jpg 396w, https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/02\/History-of-Violets-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jeannine Marie Pitas has recently translated a small book of poetry called <em>The History of Violets<\/em> by the Uruguyan poet <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marosa_di_Giorgio\" target=\"_blank\">Marosa di Giorgio<\/a>. \u00a0Though a slim volume, the poetry is powerful and ripe for analysis.\u00a0 In her introduction, Pitas writes: \u201cFor me, her poems recall the British Romantics \u2013 Wordsworth\u2019s image of a child terrified by a jutting crag in his <em>Prelude<\/em>, or Blake\u2019s awe before the little lamb\u2019s innocence and the burning tiger\u2019s power\u201d (viii).\u00a0 These poems stand out because of the imaginative power of a poet whose voice, whatever its sources, seems wholly her own.<\/p>\n<p>Though I have not yet found the time to give the poems the critical attention they deserve, I can hear echoes of Frye\u2019s Blake throughout.\u00a0 As a scholar trained in Latin American Literature, I continue to believe that Frye has a great deal to teach us about a literature with which he evidently had little familiarity beyond an appreciation for Jorge Luis Borges. Just as the appeal of literature is universal, so are its archetypes and expression of prevailing human concerns. \u00a0When it comes to these two literary elements, Frye remains most relevant to the study of world literature.<\/p>\n<p>You can order <em>The History of Violets<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uglyducklingpresse.org\/catalog\/browse\/item\/?pubID=138\">here<\/a>. \u00a0Review\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.constantcritic.com\/karla_kelsey\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Di Giorgio reading one of her poems after the jump.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BPH5xHuokjw&amp;feature=related\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BPH5xHuokjw&amp;feature=related<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeannine Marie Pitas has recently translated a small book of poetry called The History of Violets by the Uruguyan poet Marosa di Giorgio. \u00a0Though a slim volume, the poetry is powerful and ripe for analysis.\u00a0 In her introduction, Pitas writes: \u201cFor me, her poems recall the British Romantics \u2013 Wordsworth\u2019s image of a child terrified [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[108,121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-poetry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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