Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

Glass, Irony and God by Anne Carson

2 reviews

courtneyfalling's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

This was a reread, and like the first time, I love The Glass Essay. The strange melodrama, the fixation on Wuthering Heights and Emily Brontë's life, the horrifyingly immaculate scenes with the nudes: it's just really well-crafted. The middle poems are good, but not incredibly memorable. I did appreciate rereading "The Gender of Sound" and remembering some of the classical etymologies and histories I had forgotten. (The language around "cervix" is so fascinating?!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Dementia

lghrndn's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

I especially loved the Glass Essay and The Fall of Rome: A Traveller's Guide. Carson masterfully weaves literature, philosophy, and religion throughout this collection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia