Carson has gained both critical accolades and a wide readership over the course of her unclassifiable. I love anne carsons writing, and this book did not disappoint. Anne carsons latest work is yet another surprising, and haunting, book called nox, or night. If youre looking for a great, classic book to read, look no further. Thunderstorm stack by anne carson poems academy of. Meet poet and former u of m professor anne carson nicola. If you like ideas that sing then this is the book for you. Dec 20, 2017 this year, i read two unusually excellent new poetry books from greece, in unusually excellent translation. Download read an oresteia 2009 by anne carson in pdf. Succinct and astonishingly beautiful, these pieces stretch the boundaries of language and literary form, while juxtaposing classical and modern traditions. Selected by the modern library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time. With text blocks handinked on the page by anne carson and her collaborator robert currie, antigonick features translucent vellum pages with stunning drawings by bianca stone that overlay the text. Anne carson author of autobiography of red goodreads. Perhaps because of the extensive coverage the media has given carsons publications and awards, she is notoriously reticent about her personal life.
Follow anne carson and explore their bibliography from s anne carson author page. Kate elizabeth russell on judy blume, anne carson, and. They met the right book at the right age, and the habit stuck. Her first fulllength publication in britain, glass, irony and god introduces an assured and challenging new voice vivid, laconic and precise. Anne carsons poems might be wilfully obscure and difficult, but their compelling storytelling quality has earned her both critical and commercial success. Beginning with, it was sappho who first called eros bittersweet. In the summer of 2001, home for a visit from university, i took anne carson s men in the off hours and the beauty of the husband on a family fishing trip to lake diefenbaker. For more of our favorite books, check out our archive of previous staff reading. Her book the beauty of the husband is subtitled a fictional essay in 29 tangos. Anne carson, whose books include autobiography of red. With the help of a high school latin instructor, she learned ancient greek, which contributed to her continuing interest in classical and hellenic literature. Anne carson s poems might be wilfully obscure and difficult, but their compelling storytelling quality has earned her both critical and commercial success.
Nox is an epitaph in the form of a book, a facsimile of a handmade book anne. The economist simone weil described decreation as undoing the creature in us an undoing of self. Anne carsons most popular book is autobiography of red. Her awards and honors include the lannan award, the pushcart prize, the griffin trust award for excellence in poetry, a guggenheim fellowship, and the macarthur genius award. Plainwater and the beauty of the husband are the others, all poetry collections, this is the one i would most enthusiastically recommend. The awardwinning poet anne carson reinvents a genre in autobiography of red, a stunning work that is both a novel and a poem, both an unconventional recreation of an ancient greek myth and a wholly original comingofage story epub set in the present. I mostly think of my work as a painting, poet and scholar anne carson told kevin mcneilly in 2012. Of the four books by carson ive read glass, irony and god. Antigonick is her first attempt at making translation into a combined visual and textual experience. Sophokles luminous and disturbing tragedy is here given an entirely fresh language and presentation.
Anne carson is a poet, essayist, translator and was a professor of classics and comparative literature at the university of michigan. If i were an early person id look for the limits of wisdom by going to sacred oak trees or the local blind man with lips on fire. Red doc by anne carson 20 0305 unknown binding 1745. Anne carson 1950 is a canadian poet, essayist, translator and professor of classics. Monsters, myths and poetic license in anne carsons red. Anne carsons new book comes in a box the color of a rainy day, with a sliver of a family snapshot on the front. Known as a remarkable classicist, anne carson weaves contemporary and ancient poetic strands with stunning style in. Autobiography of red by anne carson, antigonick by anne carson, the beauty of the husband. I like her use of euripides orestes as it seems much more of a finale than the eumenides, and i really enjoy the way she weaves poetry and modern language together, building to a quite modern, soap operastyle ending, capped off with apollo rocking up for a deus ex machina that really underlines how hes using this. See all books authored by anne carson, including autobiography of red, and if not, winter. By turns whimsical and haunting, erudite and accessible, richly layered and deceptively simple, autobiography of red is a profoundly moving portrait of an artist coming to terms with the fantastic accident of who he is.
Ive been working back through some of carsons earlier books, including men in the off hours, which among very many things features a suite of nine poems about eight edward hopper paintings juxtaposed with quotes from saint augustines writings about time. Here are my favorite books of theory i read this year, in no particular. His plays broke all the rules, upended convention and outraged conservative critics. November 6, 2016 anne carsons unconventional collection of 22 chapbooks can be read in any order, and covers everything from helen of troy to h. Anne carson has published translations of the ancient greek poets sappho, simonides, aiskhylos, sophokles and euripides. A book about romantic love, eros the bittersweet is anne carsons exploration of the concept of eros in both classical philosophy and literature. Apr 11, 20 ive been working back through some of carsons earlier books, including men in the off hours, which among very many things features a suite of nine poems about eight edward hopper paintings juxtaposed with quotes from saint augustines writings about time. A former macarthur fellow, awards for her numerous books include the t. Carson lived in montreal for several years and taught at mcgill university, the university of michigan, and at princeton university from 1980 to 1987. Anne 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. Nov 18, 2015 anne carson is the author of several poetry collections, including float alfred a. Carson is by temperament both experimental poet and traditional classical scholar her bio line reads, laconically, anne carson was born in canada and teaches ancient greek for a living, heavy on linguistic parsing and close reading on the one hand and lightning bursts of metaphorical insight on the other.
Anne carson 1950a bird flashed by as if mistaken then it. Jun 08, 2012 ask the chorus in anne carsons latest work. She was a 1998 guggenheim fellow, and in 2000 she was awarded a. The former went over the side of the 14foot aluminum starcraft. Anne carson books list of books by author anne carson. The biographical note in her books consists of one short sentence. Confessions, compare timethe way it defines and gives shape to our livesto a light entering the. Fortunately, both disguises are highly accomplished. For the last few years, since i first read it, this has been probably my favourite poem. One of the most interesting gatherings of material that any poet has published within living memory. Anne carson was uncomfortable with the idea of a traditional profile. Books by anne carson author of autobiography of red.
This is my favourite translation of an oresteia ive read so far. She has published eighteen books as of 20, all of which blend the forms of poetry, essay, prose, criticism, translation, dramatic. Download read red doc 20 by anne carson in pdf, epub. Monsters, myths and poetic license in anne carsons red doc. The inscrutable brilliance of anne carson the new york times. An elegy to her brotheran epitaph as she calls it, a notebook of memories and fragments of photographs, letters, and paintingsits a moving reflection on absence. Below youll find a little more about us, as well as the titles weve been championing this month. Its not about the meaning of each individual word adding up to a proposition. The prototypical story of falling in love with anne carsons books goes something like. To see what is currently on each persons instore picks, check out their reading shelves. Carson lived in montreal for several years and taught at mcgill university, the university of michigan, and at princeton university from 1980 to 1987 and bard college. 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. A montage of beautiful, upsetting, glorious moments that make the head spin.
A little treasury of gold by carson, kay anne and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Anne carson born june 21, 1950 is a canadian poet, essayist, translator, and professor of classics. A new york times notable book of the yearnational book critics circle award finalist anne carson is, for me, the most exciting. Anne carson was born in canada and teaches ancient greek for a living. Poet anne carson recommended 21 books for the strand bookstore in new.
Monsters, myths and poetic license in anne carsons red doc anne carsons autobiography of red, a novel in verse, was published more than a decade ago and has a loyal following. Anne carson recommended 21 books for the strand bookstore. Homerica by phoebe giannisi, translated bv brian sneeden, and rose fear by maria laina, translated by sarah mccann. In a recent comment about verse novels i mentioned the glass essay by anne carson. Inside is a xeroxquality reproduction of a notebook, made after the death of her brother, including text and photographs and letters, pastedin inkjet printouts, handwriting, paintings and collage. Michaels college at the university of toronto and, despite. Red doc was recently awarded the griffin poetry prize and the inaugural folio prize. Not as accessible as the autobiography of red, so it wont be for everyone, but i found it very compelling. Meet poet and former u of m professor anne carson nicolas. Mar 09, 2020 i remember at one point i left my copy outside in the rain and after it dried out, the book was sort of lopsided and the paper so brittle it cracked when i turned the pages. Jun 10, 2014 anne carsons latest work is yet another surprising, and haunting, book called nox, or night. About anne carson anne carson was born in canada and teaches ancient greek for a living. Kate elizabeth russell on judy blume, anne carson, and portnoys complaint 11 rapidfire book recs from the author of my dark vanessa.
If you subscribed via the website, you can enter the order number from your subscription confirmation email in place of your customer number. A novel in verse and float, is working on a graphic translation of euripides the trojan women, with the cartoonist rosie. Anne carson is the most original, most uniquely gifted poet to have appeared in the past decade. Anne carson is the author of several poetry collections, including float alfred a. She was a 1998 guggenheim fellow, and in 2000 she was awarded a macarthur fellowship. Anne carsons poetry collection float in unconventional medium. Essays and poetry by anne carson online at alibris. What i really mean is that she works on the edges of whats acceptable, in every book and genre in which she participates. I love anne carson s writing, and this book did not disappoint. Anne carson born june 21, 1950 is a canadian poet, essayist, translator and professor of classics. Anne carsons eros the bittersweet is a philosophical prose poem disguised as a work of literary criticismand vice versa.
Carson lived in montreal for several years and taught at mcgill university, the university of michigan, and at princeton university from 19801987. Mar 17, 20 anne carson was uncomfortable with the idea of a traditional profile. Anne carson was born in toronto, ontario on june 21, 1950. She currently teaches in new york universitys creative writing program. Anne carson has 61 books on goodreads with 161244 ratings. Seldom has pounds injunction make it new been so spectacularly obeyed. Anne carson is a canadian poet, essayist, translator and professor of classics. Anne carson comes from the genre of poetry, but in this book she has mixed that form with essays and come up withy a brilliant hybrid. And, again in no particular order, my favorite books of poetry.
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