Research Catalog

Title

Glass, irony, and God / Anne Carson ; introduction by Guy Davenport.

Author

Carson, Anne, 1950-

Publication

New York : New Directions Book, c1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Davenport, Guy
• Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library). Collections, repository. poe

Description

x, 142 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

"Anne Carson's poetry - characterized by various reviewers as "short talks," "essays," or "verse narratives" - combines the confessional and the critical in a voice all her own. Known as a remarkable classicist, Anne Carson in Glass, Irony and God weaves contemporary and ancient poetic strands with stunning style. This collection includes: "The Glass Essay," a powerful poem about the end of a love affair, told in the context of Carson's reading of the Bronte sisters; "Book of Isaiah," a poem evoking the deeply primitive feel of ancient Judaism; and "The Fall of Rome," about her trip to "find" Rome and her struggle to overcome feelings of a terrible alienation there."--BOOK JACKET.

Alternative Title

Glass, irony & God

Subject

• Poetry
• Poetry as Topic

Genre/Form

• Poetry
• poetry.
• Poésie.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The glass essay -- The truth about God -- TV men -- The fall of Rome : a traveller's guide -- Book of Isaiah -- The gender of sound.

ISBN

0811213021 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^95030637^

OCLC

• 32738580
• SCSB-12575224

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library