Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera
by Carson, Anne
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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. But how can we undo self without moving through self, to the very inside of its definition? Where else can we start?Anne Carson's Decreation starts with form--the undoing of form. Form is various here: opera libretto, screenplay, poem, oratorio, essay, shot list, rapture. The undoing is tender, but tenderness can change everything, or so the author appears to believe.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Title
- Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera
- Author
- Carson, Anne
- Book Condition
- UsedVeryGood
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- 1
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- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1400078903
- ISBN 13
- 9781400078905
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Place of Publication
- New York, Ny
- This edition first published
- October 10, 2006
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