Decreation
Poetry, Essays, Opera
$48.50
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
14 October 2006
Summary
A stunning new collection from the first woman to win the T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry.
In her first collection in five years, Anne Carson contemplates ‘decreation’ - an activity described by Simone Weil as ‘undoing the creature in us’ - an undoing of self. But how can we undo self without moving through self, to the very inside of its definition? Where else can we start?
Anne Carson’s Decreation starts with form - the undoing of form. Form is various here: opera libre…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780224079266 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0224079263 |
| Author: | Anne Carson |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Jonathan Cape |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 14 October 2006 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 213mm x 160mm x 18mm |
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About The Author
Anne Carson
Anne Carson was the first woman to win the T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry. She has also won a Lannan Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Griffin Poetry Prize. She currently teaches at the University of Michigan.
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