Reviews

Glas, Ironie und Gott by Anne Carson

ellareads4's review against another edition

5.0

"Crops of ice are changing to mud all around me
as I push on across the moor
warmed by drifts from the pale blue sun."

Obglitionaty read because it has a Brontë-related poem, and I suffer from acute Brontëmania. I will literally buy any book that has a remote Brontë reference. The poem itself, "The Glass Essay," was so beautiful and moving, and obviously, I loved its countless Wuthering Heights and moorland references. I also love narrative poems (reminder: I need to read Aurora Leigh soon!), and this was such a superb narrative poem.

lilactea123's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

boochieflagrante's review against another edition

4.0

y'all give the glass essay far too much. the book is still good though.

orangeblossom210's review against another edition

4.0

Did you find where you could put it down?

sarahreadsaverylot's review against another edition

4.0

After ordering this book on Amazon, I was surprised to discover a book with the same cover, the same author, even the same ISBN, but no Irony. Yes, my copy is missing not only the Irony from the title, but also a comma and the poems "The Book of Isaiah" and "The Gender of Sound". How disappointing, yet intriguing. My copy did have included Carson's "Short Talks", and the collection is a great one. Especially poignant is "The Glass Essay" and her examination of Emily Bronte in the context of a broken heart. I shall treasure this strange publishing aberration and cherish the mystery of where the Irony went...

markie's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

The Glass Essay and The Gender of Sound are standouts! 4 ⭐️+ for each. 

jimmylorunning's review against another edition

4.0

Re-read. In the haze of my formative reading, this book was lost in the shuffle among all the other Carson books. I hardly remember it at all, but I can see why now. It's good but not memorable. It seems a mixed bag. 'Glass' and 'God' are predictably good pieces with that predictably Carsonian line of searching melancholy to it (this is not a bad thing), but 'The Fall of Rome' was good in a way I did not remember, it had a lightness and aimlessness to it, along with an easy humor.

It is important to strike a positive note,
towards the end.
I (we) have had a topnotch time.

sgrady's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

stephaniaesoterica's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

marshamudpuddle's review against another edition

4.0

The central poem 'The Glass Essay' is one of her masterpieces. The other pieces here are less essential, but still worth reading.