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The Triumph of Achilles
First edition
Author Louise Glück
LanguageEnglish
Genre Poetry
Published1985
Publication placeUnited States
Pages60
ISBN 9780880010818

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. [3] Literary critic Daniel Morris describes it as a "pivotal work" in Glück's oeuvre. [3]

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. [4] The critic Peter Stitt, writing in The Georgia Review, declared that the book showed Glück to be "among the important poets of our age". [5] From the collection, the poem "Mock Orange", which has been likened to a feminist anthem, [6] has been called an "anthology piece" for how frequently it has appeared in poetry anthologies and college courses. [7] Wendy Lesser described its "language" as "staunchly straightforward". [8]

References

  1. ^ Shivani, Anis (2006). "American Poetry in an Age of Constriction". The Cambridge Quarterly. 35 (3): 214–215. doi: 10.1093/camqtly/bfl017. ISSN  0008-199X. JSTOR  42967248.
  2. ^ "Louise Glück". Encyclopedia Britannica. October 8, 2020. Archived from the original on July 26, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Morris 2006, p. 5.
  4. ^ Rosenberg, Liz (December 22, 1985). "Geckos, Porch Lights and Sighing Gardens". The New York Times. ISSN  0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 7, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  5. ^ Stitt, Peter (1985). "Contemporary American Poems: Exclusive and Inclusive". The Georgia Review. 39 (4): 849–863. ISSN  0016-8386. JSTOR  41398888.
  6. ^ Abel, Colleen (January 15, 2019). "Speaking Against Silence". The Ploughshares Blog. Archived from the original on April 7, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  7. ^ Hahn, Robert (Summer 2004). "Transporting the Wine of Tone: Louise Gluck in Italian". Michigan Quarterly Review. XLIII (3). hdl: 2027/spo.act2080.0043.313. ISSN  1558-7266.
  8. ^ "Louise Glück". Poetry Foundation. Archived from the original on August 29, 2020.

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