This is a replay of a 4-week course on Anne Carson’s works. You will receive access to four sessions (8 hours) of Zoom replays + 4 course packets.

Lauded by critics as "one of the most unusual and innovative poets writing today" (The New York Times) with "audacious intelligence" (The Guardian), Anne Carson is a literary phenomenon whose work defies conventional formal categorization. She has made an indelible mark on contemporary literature by bridging the ancient and the avant-garde.

This 4-week course will offer an in-depth exploration of Carson's unique blending of modern poetics with classical allusions through some of her finest genre-bending works. We will look at HOW she puts together these innovative books that challenge our sense of narrative structure and what “a poem can do” by considering:

• The interplay of classical mythology and modern themes

• Innovations in narrative and poetic form

• Philosophical and existential motifs

• Studying/gaining familiarity with her many allusions

Grab copies of the books below and join us for what is sure to be a riveting, mind-expanding four weeks!

Week 1 - Eros The Bittersweet

Week 2 - Glass, Irony and God

Week 3 -The Beauty of the Husband

Week 4 - Plainwater