In an astonishing book-length sequence, Pulitzer Prize-winning
poet Louise Gluck interweaves the dissolution of a contemporary
marriage with the story of The Odyssey. Here is Penelope stubbornly
weaving, elevating the act of waiting into an act of will; here,
too, is a worldly Circe, a divided Odysseus, and a shrewd
adolescent Telemachus. Through these classical figures, Meadowlands
explores such timeless themes as the endless negotiation of family
life, the cruelty that intimacy enables, and the frustrating trivia
of the everyday. Gluck discovers in contemporary life the same
quandary that lies at the heart of The Odyssey: the
"unanswerable/affliction of the human heart: how to divide/the
world's beauty into acceptable/and unacceptable loves."
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!