Averno (poetry)

Averno (poetry)

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name = Averno
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author = Louise Glück
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Poetry
publisher = Farrar, Straus and Giroux
release_date = 2006
english_release_date = 2006
media_type = Print, Paperback & Hardcover
pages = 79
isbn = 0-374-10742-4
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"Averno" is Louise Glück's eleventh collection of poetry. Averno is a lake west of Naples which the Romans mythologized as the entrance to the underworld. The Greek myth of Demeter's daughter Persephone and her marriage to Hades is a recurring topic in the collection, as are the themes of oblivion and death, soul and body, love and isolation. Most reviewers have praised Glück's non-resolution of these tensions. There are eighteen poems in the collection, and several are extended pieces with distinct, brief sections and stanzas. The collection is divided into two parts.

References

* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/12/books/review/12christopher.html?_r=1&oref=slogin New York Times Book Review of "Averno"]


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