Carson, Anne
-
Men in the Off Hours
$15.00 Add to cartAnne Carson has been acclaimed by her peers as the most imaginative poet writing today. In a recent profile, The New York Times Magazine paid tribute to her amazing ability to combine the classical an… [more below]
- Series: Vintage Contemporaries
- Author: Carson, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 13 2001
- ISBN10: 0375707565
- Language: English
-
Bakkhai
$14.95 Read moreAnne Carson writes, “Euripides was a playwright of the fifth century BC who reinvented Greek tragedy, setting it on a path that leads straight to reality TV. His plays broke all the rules, upended con… [more below]
- Author: Carson, Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: December 12 2017
- ISBN10: 0811227103
- Language: English
-
H of H Playbook
$25.95 Add to cartH of H Playbook is an explosion of thought, in drawings and language, about a Greek tragedy called Herakles by the 5th-century BC poet Euripides. In myth Herakles is an embodiment of manly violence wh… [more below]
- Author: Carson, Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 0811231232
- Language: English
-
Red Doc>
$17.00 Add to cart**New York Magazine’s Top 10 Books of 2013**
Some years ago I wrote a book about a boy named Geryon who was red and had wings and fell in love with Herakles.
**GoodReads Reader’s Choice Award Winner**- Series: Vintage Contemporaries
- Author: Carson, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 11 2014
- ISBN10: 0307950670
- Language: English
-
Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera
$19.00 Add to cart“One of the most interesting gatherings of material that any poet has published within living memory.” —The Economist
Simone Weil described “decreation” as “undoing the creature in us” — an undoing- Series: Vintage Contemporaries
- Author: Carson, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 10 2006
- ISBN10: 1400078903
- Language: English
-
Norma Jeane Baker of Troy
$11.95 Add to cartNorma Jeane Baker of Troy is a meditation on the destabilizing and destructive power of beauty, drawing together Helen of Troy and Marilyn Monroe, twin avatars of female fascination separated by mille… [more below]
- Author: Carson, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: February 25 2020
- ISBN10: 081122936X
- Language: English
-
Plainwater: Essays and Poetry
$19.00 Add to cartThe poetry and prose collected in Plainwater are a testament to the extraordinary imagination of Anne Carson, a writer described by Michael Ondaatje as “the most exciting poet writing in English today… [more below]
- Series: Vintage Contemporaries
- Author: Carson, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 28, 2000
- ISBN10: 0375708421
- Language: English
-
The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos
$16.95 Add to cartThe Beauty Of The Husband is an essay on Keats’s idea that beauty is truth, and is also the story of a marriage. It is told in 29 tangos. A tango (like a marriage) is something you have to dance to th… [more below]
- Series: Vintage Contemporaries
- Author: Carson, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 19, 2002
- ISBN10: 0375707573
- Language: English
-
Nox
$55.00 Add to cartNox is an epitaph in the form of a book, a facsimile of a handmade book Anne Carson wrote and created after the death of her brother. The poem describes coming to terms with his loss through the lens … [more below]
- Author: Carson, Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 27, 2010
- ISBN10: 0811218708
- Language: English
-
Glass, Irony and God
$16.95 Add to cartKnown as a remarkable classicist, Anne Carson weaves contemporary and ancient poetic strands with stunning style in Glass, Irony and God. This collection includes: “The Glass Essay,” a powerful poem a… [more below]
- Series: New Directions Paperbook
- Author: Carson, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 142
- Publish Date: November 17 1995
- ISBN10: 0811213021
- Language: English
