Remnants Restante Reste
Remnants Restante Reste

Author: Snyckers, Annette

Publisher: Modjaji Books

Published: 2018-06-05

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 1928215599

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Her poems are as subtle and intimately telling as the differences between the three languages in which she writes and battles to live and dream. These verses touch and tug at one another like the Afrikaans of her childhood, the German of her husband and the South African English of her homeland. They agree to differ in all sorts of nuanced ways.

The Only Magic We Know
The Only Magic We Know

Author: Marike Beyers

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2020-06-23

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1928215890

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The Only Magic We Know is a celebration of all the poets Modjaji has published. This anthology offers a taste of the range and diversity of the poems that have appeared in the individual poets collections.

A Worlde of Wordes
A Worlde of Wordes

Author: John Florio

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 857

ISBN-13: 1442645806

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A Worlde of Wordes, the first-ever comprehensive Italian-English dictionary, was published in 1598 by John Florio. One of the most prominent linguists and educators in Elizabethan England, Florio was greatly responsible for the spreading of Italian letters and culture throughout educated English society. Especially important was Florio's dictionary, which – thanks to its exuberant wealth of English definitions – made it initially possible for English readers to access Italy's rich Renaissance literary and scientific culture. Award-winning author Hermann W. Haller has prepared the first critical edition of A Worlde of Wordes, which features 46,000 Italian entries – among them dialect forms, erotic terminology, colloquial phrases, and proverbs of the Italian language. Haller reveals Florio as a brilliant English translator and creative writer, as well as a grammarian and language teacher. His helpful critical commentary highlights Florio's love of words and his life-long dedication to promoting Italian language and culture abroad.