Men in the Off Hours
A collection where classical references, film, myth, and fragmentary prose and poetry intersect. Carson summons figures such as Oedipus, Emily Dickinson, and Audubon, placing intellectual play and quiet grief on the same page.
Work Information
Classical and modern, poetry and prose collide and settle into a single breath.
A poetry collection that shows Anne Carson's experimental range, moving freely between short lyrics, prose, adaptations, and fragments. It links the resonance of ancient Greece and Rome with a modern sensibility, turning figures and mythic fragments into a space for thought.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Published
- 2000-02-29
- Pages
- 176 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 14.61 x 1.91 x 21.59 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780375408038
- ISBN-10
- 0375408037
- Price
- 5721 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Poetry/American
Following her widely acclaimed Autobiography of Red ("A spellbinding achievement" --Susan Sontag), a new collection of poetry and prose that displays Anne Carson's signature mixture of opposites--the classic and the modern, cinema and print, narrative and verse. In Men in the Off Hours , Carson reinvents figures as diverse as Oedipus, Emily Dickinson, and Audubon. She views the writings of Sappho, St. Augustine, and Catullus through a modern lens. She sets up startling juxtapositions (Lazarus among video paraphernalia; Virginia Woolf and Thucydides discussing war). And in a final prose poem, she meditates on the recent death of her mother. With its quiet, acute spirituality, its fearless wit and sensuality, and its joyful understanding that "the fact of the matter for humans is imperfection," Men in the Off Hours shows us "the most exciting poet writing in English today" (Michael Ondaatje) at her best.
Anne Carson lives in Canada.
Reviews
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Reinventing the role of poetry and prose (from Sapph to Virginia Wollf to nowadays)
I love all lovely literary works written by Anne Carson, especiaaly: IF NOT WINTER, Eros the Bittersweet, etc.
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Impression amazon de très mauvaise qualité
Si vous achetez en France, sachez qu'il s'agit d'une impression Amazon de très mauvaise qualité: l'impression de la couverture et très floue et à l'intérieur ça se voit que c'est de mauvaise qualité aussi, c'est désagréable à lire
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Five Stars
Ok
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Beautiful, engaging
Beautiful, engaging, linking past with present. Thought provoking and moving immediately and then allowing space for you to find further meaning over time. A really wonderful find. I will definitely of this poet.
Related Literary Awards
- Griffin Poetry Prize Edition 1 (2001) ・Winner