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Gods and mortals : modern poems on classical myths / edited by Nina Kossman.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Szymborska, Wisława.
- Mythology--Poetry.
- Mythology.
- Folklore--Poetry.
- Folklore.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (316 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This anthology gathers the great 20th-century myth-inspired poems from around the world, by the likes of Valery, Yeats, Lawrence, Rilke, Akhmatova, and Auden writing in the first half of the century to contemporary poets such as Lucille Clifton, Derek Walcott, Rita Dove and Wislawa Szymborska.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; TITANS; ZEUS; DEMETER; APOLLO; APHRODITE; OTHER OLYMPIANS; LESSER IMMORTALS & NEAR-IMMORTALS; THE WAY TO THE UNDERWORLD; LOVERS; TRANSFORMATIONS; TRESPASSERS; THE CONDEMNED; HEROES; CRETE; THEBES; TROY; AFTER TROY; THE WANDERINGS & THE HOMECOMING OF ODYSSEUS; GLOSSARY; INDEX OF POETS; INDEX OF TRANSLATORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS & PERMISSIONS
- Notes:
- Includes indexes.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028530-3
- 1-280-83342-4
- 0-19-803055-X
- OCLC:
- 317753072
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