Deaths of the Poets

The post-Romantic lore of the dissolute drunken poet has fatally skewed the image of poets in our culture. What is the price of poetry?In this book, two contemporary poets embark on a series of journeys to the death places of poets of the past, in part as pilgrims, but also as investigators, interrogating the myth.

Traditia post-romantica a poetului beat betisor a distorsionat fatal imaginea poetilor din cultura noastra. Care este pretul poeziei? In aceasta carte, doi poeti contemporani se angajeaza intr-o serie de calatorii catre locurile mortii poetilor din trecut, in parte ca pelerini, dar si ca anchetatori, interogand mitul.