"'Memorial' wasn't a translation of Homer: the Iliad was its neutral backdrop, lit up by Oswald's flares of mind."
— Chiasson, Dan
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September 12, 2016
Metaphor
"'Memorial' wasn't a translation of Homer: the Iliad was its neutral backdrop, lit up by Oswald's flares of mind."
Metaphor in Context
"Memorial" wasn't a translation of Homer: the Iliad was its neutral backdrop, lit up by Oswald's flares of mind. The Greeks were like chess pieces knocked over as she lunged for the next insight. Oswald's new volume, "Falling Awake," borrows its themes from nature and myth, but the point of these stencils is again to draw outside their lines. [...]
(p. 78)
(p. 78)
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Citation
Dan Chiasson, "Force of Nature," The New Yorker (September 12, 2016). Print.
Titled "Alice Oswald's Natural Terrors" online (September 12, 2016). <Link to newyorker.com>
Titled "Alice Oswald's Natural Terrors" online (September 12, 2016). <Link to newyorker.com>
Date of Entry
09/15/2016
