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courtneyfalling's review against another edition
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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lghrndn's review against another edition
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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