Three trios / J. II ; translated by Judith Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, Judith, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judith (Biblical figure)--Poetry.

Judith.

Judith (Biblical figure).

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

x, 91 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Ill. : TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press, [2007]

Summary:

"Three Trios" brings together, for the first time, translations of two ancient texts. The Apocryphal "Book of Judith" may be the more familiar one--the tale of a widow as warrior-savior. Less familiar may be the possibility that hidden within this narrative is another older sequence, a pagan one. The ritual that initiated a woman into the Dionysian also licensed her to leave her community. That ceremony, for all the running and blood-letting, helped the cultivated woman cultivate her individuation out of a morass of femininity. The "Mysteries" were widely practiced, and yet to preserve their secrecy, any documentary evidence was surely hidden, coded, or bowdlerized. It is possible that the Book of Judith was such a disguised book of common pagan prayer. "Three Trios" is composed out of this audacious possibility.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0810151790

9780810151796

0810151804

9780810151802

OCLC:

71004273

Publisher Number:

9780810151796

9780810151802