Anne Carsons storartade debut från 1986 presenteras nu för första gången på svenska. I denna essäbok, som idag ses som en klassiker, undersöker Carson uppkomsten av begreppet ”eros” i det antika Grekland genom att studera den tidens poes…

Anne Carsons storartade debut från 1986 presenteras nu för första gången på svenska. I denna essäbok, som idag ses som en klassiker, undersöker Carson uppkomsten av begreppet ”eros” i det antika Grekland genom att studera den tidens poes…

* The definitive and ONLY complete translation of Sappho, by one of the world's greatest living poets

Broder vin mjölk honung blommor.Blommor mjölk honung broder vin.Hur lång tid tar det för ljudet att dö ut? I sin tredje diktsamling, Lediga män, som utkom i original år 2000, visar Anne ­Carson upp hela sin litterära bredd: hon samläser Thukydi…

Vad gör man när man avslutat På spaning efter den tid som flytt och hamnat i den öken som breder ut sig Efter Proust? Man kan till exempel ta notis om Albertine, den kvinna med vilken romanens manliga berättarjag har sitt mest ingående förhållande.…

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all timeA book about romantic love, Eros the Bittersweet is Anne Carson's exploration of the concept of "eros" in both classical philosophy and literature. Beginning with, "It…

In this extraordinary epic poem, Anne Carson bridges the gap between classicism and the modern, poetry and prose, with a volcanic journey into the soul of a winged red monster named Geryon.

The award-winning poet reinvents a genre in a stunning work that is both a novel and a poem, both an unconventional re-creation of an ancient Greek myth and a wholly original coming-of-age story set in the present. Geryon, a young boy who is also a…

A provocative anthology of poetry and prose by the Canadian intellectual includes selections from "Mimnermos: The Brainsex Paintings," "Short Talks," "Canicula di Anna," "The Life of Towns," and "The Anthropology of Water." Reprint.

The Albertine Workout contains fifty-nine paragraphs, with appendices, summarizing Anne Carson's research on Albertine, the principal love interest of Marcel in Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu.

**New York Magazine's Top 10 Books of 2013** **GoodReads Reader's Choice Award Winner** Some years ago I wrote a book about a boy named Geryon who was red and had wings and fell in love with Herakles. Recently I began to wonder what happened to them…

”Jag gör vad som helst för att undvika långtråkighet. Det är en livsuppgift. Man kan aldrig veta nog, aldrig arbeta nog, aldrig använda infinitiv eller particip besynnerligt nog, aldrig hejda rörelsen bryskt nog, aldrig överge tanken snabbt no…

Nox is an epitaph in the form of a book, a facsimile of a handmade book Anne Carson wrote and created after the death of her brother. The poem describes coming to terms with his loss through the lens of her translation of Poem 101 by Catullus "for h…

Makens skönhet – en fiktiv essä i 29 tangos – är en poetisk berättelse om ett äktenskap. Utifrån den romantiske poeten John Keats tanke att ”det sköna är det sanna” tecknar Anne Carson en kärlekshistoria som börjar tidigt, på…

By combining the ancient mysteries of Sappho with the contemporary wizardry of one of our most fearless and original poets, If Not, Winter provides a tantalizing window onto the genius of a woman whose lyric power spans millennia. Of the nine books…

Norma Jeane Baker of Troy is a meditation on the destabilizing and destructive power of beauty, drawing together Helen of Troy and Marilyn Monroe, twin avatars of female fascination separated by millennia but united in mythopoeic force. Norma Jeane…

In this innovative rendition of "The Oresteia", the poet, translator, and essayist Anne Carson combines three different visions - Aischylos' 'Agamemnon', Sophokles' 'Elektra', and Euripides' 'Orestes' - giving birth to a wholly new experience of the…

In a stunningly original mix of poetry, drama, and narrative, Anne Carson brings the red-winged Geryon from Autobiography of Red, now called 'G', into manhood, and through the complex labyrinths of the modern age.

Following her widely acclaimed Autobiography of Red ('a spellbinding achievement' - Susan Sontag): a new collection of poetry and prose that displays Anne Carson's intoxicating mixture of opposites - the classic and the modern, cinema and print, nar…

In her first collection in five years, Anne Carson contemplates 'decreation' - an activity described by Simone Weil as 'undoing the creature in us' - an undoing of self. Where else can we start?Anne Carson's Decreation starts with form - the undoing…

I Röd självbiografi (Panache 2009) berättade Anne Carson om den unge pojken Geryon – ett rött bevingat monster – och hans olyckliga kärlek till den vackre Herakles, som krossar hans hjärta. Utifrån den antika myten skapade hon en modern…

Hegel writes in his Aesthetics The Antigone is one of the most sublime and in every respect most excellent works of art of all time. Simone Weil writes in a notebook: Great literary works: veils drawn in front of truth, but transparent veils. Electr…

The insights presented in the volume are many and wide-ranging, recognizably in tune with the subtlest modern discussions of desire (such as triangulation. or loving what others love), yet offering new solutions to old problems, like the proper inte…

The insights presented in the volume are many and wide-ranging, recognizably in tune with the subtlest modern discussions of desire (such as triangulation. or loving what others love), yet offering new solutions to old problems, like the proper inte…

From the renowned classicist and MacArthur Prize winner: a new collection that explores myth and memory, beauty and loss, all the while playing with--and pushing--the limits of language and form. Anne Carson consistently dazzles with her inventive,…

The Beauty Of The Husband is an essay on Keats's idea that beauty is truth, and is also the story of a marriage. It is told in 29 tangos. A tango (like a marriage) is something you have to dance to the end. This clear-eyed, brutal, moving, darkly fu…

Vad har den antike grekiske poeten Simonides, känd för att ha uppfunnit minneskonsten och för att varit först med att ta betalt för poesi, att göra med Paul Celan, den tyska efterkrigslitteraturens ordkarge mästarpoet?Svaret heter Det oförlorades ek…

A New Statesman / Observer Book of the Year'She pinpoints the collision of oracle and anachronism.' - Teju Cole, ObserverAnne Carson dazzles us, book after book, with her inventiveness, her ranging imagination, and the way her work utterly changes o…

Mer olja och gas, nya fiskevatten och transportvägar – frågan om vem som har rätt till Arktis sex procent av jordens yta når i takt med klimatet allt högre temperaturer. När isarna smälter kommer allt möjligt upp till ytan, gamla groll och fra…

The Beauty of the Husband is a work that explores these oldest of lyrical subjects - beauty, desire, love, betrayal - with freshness and devastating power. **ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**

The ancient Greek lyric poet Simonides of Keos was the first poet in the Western tradition to take money for poetic composition. From this starting point, Anne Carson launches an exploration, poetic in its own right, of the idea of poetic economy. S…

When her dead brother is decreed a traitor, his body left unburied beyond the city walls, Antigone refuses to accept this most severe of punishments. Defying her uncle who governs, she dares to say 'No'. Forging ahead with a funeral alone, she place…

Med Tone Hødnebøs gjendiktning av Anne Carsons debutsamling Glass, Irony and God fra 1992, introduseres en av samtidens mest spennende engelskspråklige forfattere for norske lesere. Boken inneholder blant annet "Glassessayet", kanskje forfatterskape…

Det borde inte finnas några vapen; vapen är oumbärliga. Begränsande konventioner och deklarationer produceras i samma takt som svensk vapenexport bara ökar och ökar. Gläntas nya nummer speglar en motsägelsefullhet som verkar vara en del av vapnets e…

Set in Nazi Germany, Massaging Himmler tells in verse the remarkable story of a little-known humanitarian, Dr Felix Kersten.Kersten was a Finnish-born therapeutic masseur who found himself at the centre of the Nazi web, treating Reichsf hrer Heinric…

"The Blue of Distance," published to accompany a group exhibition at the Aspen Art Museum, is a reflection on the color blue's uncanny relationship to absence, desire and distance. Featuring photography, drawing, sculpture and sound by the artists V…

Pieni ja elegantti Albertine-harjoitus sukeltaa akateemisen esitelmän ja lyriikan keinoin Marcel Proustin Kadonnutta aikaa etsimässä-romaanisarjassa esitellyn Albertinen mysteeriin. Anne Carsonin essee muistuttaa yhä uusintoisiinsa punostuvin havain…

I nummer 3 2010 försöker vi ta oss an några av litteraturens grundläggande frågor: Vad är fult och vad är fint? Hur ska man egentligen skriva, och hur ska man inte skriva? Kan romanens gränser förändras? Detta gör vi genom att diskutera litteraturen…

Sylph Editions' Cahiers series features some of the most venerable names in literature and publishing as they embark on unique explorations in writing and translation. This newest installment unites two texts by celebrated Canadian poet Anne Carson.…

Norma Jeane Baker of Troy is a partly spoken, partly sung performance piece by poet, essayist, and scholar Anne Carson, and an exploration of the lives and myths of Marilyn Monroe and Helen of Troy-iconic beauties who lived millennia apart. A thrill…

A remarkable compilation of literary writings by the critically acclaimed author of Autobiography of Red features an array of original poetry, essays, a screenplay, and a libretto that explores the nature and mechanics of the human act of decreation…

Sim nides de Ceos fue el primer poeta en aceptar dinero por su trabajo po tico. Con base en este hecho Anne Carson elabora su genial exploraci n sobre la econom a en la escritura. Su ensayo ofrece lecturas varias sobre algunos de los poemas m s rele…

Geryon, en pojke som också är ett rött bevingat monster, avslöjar sin själs vulkaniska landskap i en självbiografi som han inleder när han är fem år gammal. När han blir äldre lämnar han sin våldsamma bror och kärleksfulla men svaga mor och finner l…

Muotokuvia ja kuinka pitää niistä esittelee 1900-luvun tärkeimpiin amerikkalaiskirjailijoihin lukeutuvan Gertrude Steinin kirjallisia muotokuvia niin eurooppalaisen taidemaailman merkkihenkilöistä kuin anonyymeistä tavan ihmisistä. Vuosikymmenen vii…

In this riveting book, the author doesn't just tell you his story. Matthew P. Doughty journeys with the reader through a series of circumstances that landed him in foster care to no fault of his own, on the streets, and at one point led him straight…