Description
In this incisive collection of poetry, the enduring story of Odysseus and Penelope becomes a lens through which to examine a contemporary marriage. Ancient myth and modern domestic life intersect in poems that explore love, estrangement, loneliness, fidelity, family, and the shifting roles people inhabit within intimate relationships. Moving between the elevated language of epic and the plain rhythms of everyday conversation, the collection reveals how shared history can bind two people together even as it keeps them apart. With characteristic restraint and psychological precision, the poet transforms myth into a searching study of marriage, identity, and emotional survival.
Available Editions
paperback
Ecco Press
Published Jan 1, 1996
61 pages
ISBN: 9780880014526
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Details
First Published
1996
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Meadowlands by Louise Glück.