{"product_id":"modern-woman","title":"Modern Woman","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Edith Södergran\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslator: CD Ekilson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: World Poetry (2026)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSödergran’s daring, avant-garde work outraged many of her Finland-Swedish contemporaries who clung to traditional literary sensibilities. Through dynamic symbolism and fluid logic, the poems comprising her first collection fundamentally questioned early twentieth-century notions of what poetry is and what it can do. “Something like this has never been heard before,” noted critic and fellow Finland-Swedish poet Hagar Olsson about her work. During her short life, Södergran enacted the poet’s ultimate task of imagining previously unexplored possibilities for language, ushering literary modernism into Swedish-language writing and inspiring generations of writers since.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Poetry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44053042692195,"sku":"9781954218437","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/8655\/1139\/files\/Sodergran_-_Modern_Woman_-_00002.webp?v=1773338414","url":"https:\/\/woodlandpatternbookcenter.com\/products\/modern-woman","provider":"Woodland Pattern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}