The Furies (eBook)

Poems

Moira Egan (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
91 Seiten
LSU Press (Verlag)
978-0-8071-8577-3 (ISBN)

Infos

In The Furies, Moira Egan offers fierce feminist reimaginings of familiar myths and narratives, from Arachne to Echo, from Medusa and Mary Magdalene to the female characters of The Odyssey, in verse that highlights the value of solidarity and collective strength among women. With dazzling erudition and playful ingenuity, she deploys exuberant wordplay and traditional poetic forms to subvert the patriarchal canon. At the heart of the book is a profound exploration of voice, not least the ongoing silencing of women’s voices: Egan blends righteous anger with grief, ultimately finding hope in the transformative power of language.

Autor

Moira Egan has published five books of poetry in the United States and four in Italy, including Amore e morte, a bilingual collection of new and selected poems. Her work has been featured in journals and anthologies on four continents. Also a prize-winning translator, she lives in Rome with her husband, Damiano Abeni.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.10.2025
• Verlagsort: Baton Rouge
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
• Schlagworte: anagram • Ancient Greek • Covid-19 pandemic • ekphrastic poems • Female Characters • Feminist reinterpretation • Fury • Medusa • Power dynamics • puns • rewriting classical mythology • self-portrait • sestina • sonnet crown • villanelle
• ISBN-10: 0-8071-8577-9 / 0807185779
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-8577-3 / 9780807185773