{"product_id":"dalmatian-sonnets-and-other-poems-9781608012749","title":"Dalmatian Sonnets and Other Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Paula Von Preradovic\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of New Orleans Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of New Orleans Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis selection of German poems by the Austrian writer Paula von Preradovic is the\u003cbr\u003efirst English language translation of her poetry collection Dalmatinische Sonette.\u003cbr\u003eWell known in Austria for writing the country's national anthem, \"Land of the\u003cbr\u003eMountains, Land by the River,\" these sonnets celebrate and reflect a melancholic\u003cbr\u003enostalgia for Krönland Dalmatien, a territory that the Austro-Hungarian Empire\u003cbr\u003elost in 1918 alongside its other Adriatic possessions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreradovic's father had served as an officer in the Austrian navy in Pula while\u003cbr\u003ethe eastern Adriatic was part of Vienna's maritime outlet. Prolonged residence in\u003cbr\u003ethis azure environment gave the author ample inspiration for an original opus that\u003cbr\u003eaccurately captured Dalmatia's multifarious essence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiving beyond the Adriatic's sea's clichés, the poems recall the permanent\u003cbr\u003efeatures of the raw environment, a resplendent historical heritage and a (forlorn)\u003cbr\u003elonging for the eternal. Through these sonnets, the translators unveil amongst\u003cbr\u003eother things the barren islands, the Karst landscape and odes to the lighthouse and\u003cbr\u003ethe olive tree.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA preface to the translation is included by the descendants of the author, together\u003cbr\u003ewith a historical introduction to Dalmatia by the project initiator as well as an\u003cbr\u003einsight into the translation process.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of New Orleans Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45156023500951,"sku":"9781608012749","price":1508.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781608012749.webp?v=1768568653","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/dalmatian-sonnets-and-other-poems-9781608012749","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}