Men in the Off HoursA.A. Knopf, 2000 - 166 pages "In Men in the Off Hours, Carson reinvents figures as diverse as Oedipus, Emily Dickinson, and Audubon. She views the writings of Sappho, St. Augustine, and Catullus through a modern lens. She sets up starling juxtapositions (Lazarus among video paraphernalia: Virginia Woolf and Thucydides discussing war). And in a final prose poem, she meditates on the recent death of her mother."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
Contents
Virginia Woolf and Thucydides on War | 3 |
Audubon | 17 |
Essay on What I Think About Most | 30 |
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