Forays Into Swedish Poetry

by Lars Gustafsson

When poet/critic Lars Gustafsson was the editor of Bonniers Litter ra Magasin, he was bombarded with the question, "What makes a good poem?" Forays into Swedish Poetry is his answer.

The fifteen poems in this volume range across the history of Swedish poetry from the 1640s, at the beginning of the Period of Great Power, to the late twentieth century. Poets as diverse as Skogek r Bergbo, Erik Johan Stagnelius, August Strindberg,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292741081
• ISBN13: 9780292741089
• Release Date: August 1978
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"