The Triumph of Achilles explained

The Triumph of Achilles
Author:Louise Glück
Published:1985
Country:United States
Language:English
Genre:Poetry
Isbn:9780880010818
Pages:60

The Triumph of Achilles is a collection of poetry by Louise Glück, published in 1985 by Ecco Press.[1] It won the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry.[2] The work concerns themes from classical antiquity and myth. Literary critic Daniel Morris describes it as a "pivotal work" in Glück's oeuvre.

Writing in The New York Times, the author and critic Liz Rosenberg described the collection as "clearer, purer, and sharper" than Glück's previous work.[3] The critic Peter Stitt, writing in The Georgia Review, declared that the book showed Glück to be "among the important poets of our age".[4] From the collection, the poem "Mock Orange", which has been likened to a feminist anthem,[5] has been called an "anthology piece" for how frequently it has appeared in poetry anthologies and college courses.[6] Wendy Lesser described its "language" as "staunchly straightforward".[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Shivani. Anis. 2006. American Poetry in an Age of Constriction. The Cambridge Quarterly. 35. 3. 214–215. 10.1093/camqtly/bfl017. 0008-199X. 42967248.
  2. Web site: 2020-10-08. Louise Glück. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200726154720/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louise-Gluck#ref1205088. July 26, 2020. Encyclopedia Britannica.
  3. News: Rosenberg. Liz. 1985-12-22. Geckos, Porch Lights and Sighing Gardens. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-04-07. 0362-4331. April 7, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200407220633/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/22/books/geckos-porch-lights-and-sighing-gardens.html. live.
  4. Stitt. Peter. 1985. Contemporary American Poems: Exclusive and Inclusive. The Georgia Review. 39. 4. 849–863. 0016-8386. 41398888.
  5. Web site: Abel. Colleen. 2019-01-15. Speaking Against Silence. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200407220638/http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/speaking-against-silence/. April 7, 2020. 2020-04-07. The Ploughshares Blog.
  6. Hahn. Robert. Summer 2004. Transporting the Wine of Tone: Louise Gluck in Italian. Michigan Quarterly Review. XLIII. 3. 1558-7266. 2027/spo.act2080.0043.313.
  7. Web site: Louise Glück. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200829201741/https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/louise-gluck. August 29, 2020. Poetry Foundation.

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