Description
Blending intimate confession with literary criticism, classical allusion, and spiritual inquiry, this daring collection explores the soul under pressure. Its centerpiece follows the aftermath of a love affair through reflections on Emily Brontë, while other poems travel through ancient scripture, religious history, and the disorienting experience of seeking Rome. Carson’s distinctive “verse narrative” style moves fluidly between the personal and the scholarly, the contemporary and the ancient. The result is an intellectually charged and emotionally resonant meditation on desire, alienation, memory, faith, and the ways literature shapes lived experience.
Available Editions
hardcover
Piper
Published Oct 1, 2000
ISBN: 9783492041478
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Details
First Published
1995
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Glass, Irony, and God by Anne Carson.