Author: Hugh Donald BarclayPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Orpheus and Eurydice, Endymion, and Other Poems
Author: Hugh Donald BarclayOrpheus and Eurydice, and Other Poems
Author: Charles Richard PanterPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 166
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Orpheus and Eurydice, Endymion, and Other Poems
Author: Hugh Donald BarclayOrpheus & Eurydice
Author: Gregory OrrPublisher: Copper Canyon Press
ISBN: 1619320657
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
How can I celebrate love/ now that I know what it does? So begins this booklength lyric sequence which reinhabits and modernizes the story of Orpheus, the mythic master of the lyre (and father of lyric poetry) and Eurydice, his lover who died and whom Orpheus tried to rescue from Hades. Gregory Orr uses as his touchstone the assertion that myths attempt to narrate a whole human experience, while at the same time serving a purpose which resists explanation. Through poems of passionate and obsessive erotic love, Orr has dramatized the anguished intersection of infinite longings and finite lives and, in the process, explores the very sources of poetry. When Eurydice saw him huddled in a thick cloak, she should have known he was alive, the way he shivered beneath its useless folds. But what she saw was the usual: a stranger confused in a new world. And when she touched him on the shoulder, it was nothing personal, a kindness he misunderstood. To guide someone through the halls of hell is not the same as love. "A reader unfamiliar with Orr’s work may be surprised, at first, by the richness of both action and visual detail that his succinct, spare poems convey. Lyricism can erupt in the midst of desolation."—Boston Globe When Gregory Orr’s Burning the Empty Nest appear, Publisher’s Weekly praised it as an "auspicious debut for a gifted newcomer…he already demonstrates a superior control of his medium." Kirkus Review celebrated it as "an almost unbearably powerful first book of poetry" and enthusiastically reviewed his second book Gathering the Bones Together, noting that "Orr’s power is the eloquence of understatement." Most recently, his City of Salt was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award. Gregory Orr teaches at the University of Virginia.
Orpheus and Eurydice, and Other Poems
Author: Charles Richard PanterPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230383934
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ... PREFACE TO THE O'NEILL'S GATHERING OF THE IRISH CLANS. LEST it may be inferred from the language put into the mouth of The O'Neill, in the following poem, that his real character was that of a haughty and bloodthirsty barbarian, it will be proper to allude briefly to the part he played at an eventful period of his country's history; and to mention the circumstances that might have induced him to give utterance to the ardent sentiments attributed to him. Listening with avidity, in the halls of his ancestors, to the history and traditions of his family, and to the songs of the bards that embalmed the deeds of heroes since the days cf" Nial of the Nine Hostages," O'Neill early imbibed a hearty hatred and jealousy of those invaders who despised the history, tongue, and customs of his race. The English Pale was pointed at, by the native Irish, as a blemish that ought not to be tolerated in the land of a free and ancient people. It was believed also, that the Palesmen eagerly awaited the moment when they might with impunity seize the whole country, and enslave the native possessors who had held it in freedom from time immemorial. Almost as early in life as he leamt his rude lesson of patriotism, O'Neill acquired, in a very different school, the smoother art of statecraft. In quite early youth, and frequently afterwards, we find him at the splendid Court of Queen Elizabeth, learning to wind and unravel the mazy threads of intrigue that entangled almost everyone within the circle of her Court. The acute Irish Chieftain became a clever adept in diplomacy, and successfully plotted to win the smile of that most discerning sovereign. The perfect knowledge he obtained of the characteristics of Saxon and Celt, from his intimate connection with both...
Orpheus and Eurydice, Endymion, and Other Poems
Author: Hugh Donald BarclayPublisher:
ISBN: 9780649441846
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Orpheus and Eurydice
Author: Tom de FrestonPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474276814
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
The story of Orpheus's tragic quest into the underworld to rescue his true love Eurydice back from the dead is one that has haunted the western imagination for over 2,000 years through many tellings, re-tellings, appropriations and adaptations. A unique coming together of poetry, art and criticism, Orpheus and Eurydice explores the myth's impact through a graphic-poetic reconstruction of the story. Including critical reflections from leading thinkers, writers and critics, this is a compelling exploration of the enduring power of this tale.
Orpheus & Company
Author: Deborah DeNicolaPublisher:
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Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Today's poets provide a new spin on Greek myths.
Orpheus in Thrace, and Other Poems
Author: John Byrne Leicester Warren (Baron de Tabley)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 182
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Orpheus and Other Poems
Author: Edward Burrough BrownlowPublisher:
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Category : Canadian poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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