Decreation - Poetry, Essays, Opera (Paperback)

Simone Weil described "decreation" as "undoing the creature in us"-an undoing of self. In her first collection in five years, Anne Carson explores this idea with characteristic brilliance and a tantalizing range of reference, moving from Aphrodite to Antonioni, Demosthenes to Annie Dillard, Telemachos to Trotsky, and writing in forms as varied as opera libretto, screenplay, poem, oratorio, essay, shot list, and rapture. As she makes her way through these forms she slowly dismantles them, and in doing so seeks to move through the self, to its undoing.

General

Imprint:	Random House
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Vintage Contemporaries
Release date:	October 2006
First published:	October 2006
Authors:	Anne Carson
Dimensions:	203 x 132 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	245
ISBN-13:	978-1-4000-7890-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General
LSN:	1-4000-7890-3
Barcode:	9781400078905

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