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A review by vanityclear
Glass, Irony and God by Anne Carson
5.0
Anne Carson isn't just a god: she's my god.
However: I prefer her on Greek and Roman texts, rather than Biblical ones, perhaps because that's where my own expertise tends. My favorites, easily, from this collection are "The Glass Essay" and "The Gender of Sound." I enjoyed "The Fall of Rome" but not nearly as much as the former two, and felt I barely cracked the rest—especially "TV Men," which read as extremely opaque to me, which is not usually how I read Anne Carson.
However: I prefer her on Greek and Roman texts, rather than Biblical ones, perhaps because that's where my own expertise tends. My favorites, easily, from this collection are "The Glass Essay" and "The Gender of Sound." I enjoyed "The Fall of Rome" but not nearly as much as the former two, and felt I barely cracked the rest—especially "TV Men," which read as extremely opaque to me, which is not usually how I read Anne Carson.