Description
Reimagining the enduring legend of Helen of Troy through the immediacy of lyric poetry, this collection traces how a single figure can become a mirror for desire, power, and the stories societies tell to justify conflict. Across poems that move between mythic distance and intimate emotional pressure, the book explores themes of beauty and its costs, agency and objectification, memory and reinvention, and the fragile line between fate and choice. With a voice shaped by contemporary sensibility and classical resonance, these poems invite readers to reconsider what is remembered—and what is silenced—inside the grand narratives of war. Helen of Troy, 1993 offers a fresh, resonant lens on antiquity, showing how ancient characters can speak to modern questions of identity, voice, and survival.
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paperback
Scribner
Published Jan 1, 2025
96 pages
ISBN: 9781668046333
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First Published
2025
Language
eng
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