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 thrilling and thoughtful meditation on the destabilising and destructive power of beauty, it had its world premiere at The Shed in New York City, starring Ben Whishaw and Renée Fleming.

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<p>A poetic meditation on the power of female beauty by Anne Carson.</p>
<p>A poetic meditation on the power of female beauty by Anne Carson.</p>
An exploration of the lives and myths of Marylin Monroe and Helen of Troy iconic beauties who lived millennia apart.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781786827616
Publisert
2019-04-06
Utgiver
Vendor
Oberon Books Ltd
Vekt
140 gr
Høyde
191 mm
Bredde
124 mm
Dybde
13 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
64

Forfatter

Biografisk notat

Anne Carson is a Canadian poet, essayist, translator, and professor of Classics. Carson lived in Montreal for several years and taught at McGill University, the University of Michigan, and at Princeton University from 1980 to 1987. She was a 1998 Guggenheim Fellow, and in 2000 she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.