The Triumph of Achilles

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]

The Triumph of Achilles
First edition
AuthorLouise Glück
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenrePoetry
Published1985
Pages60
ISBN9780880010818

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. 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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