H of H Playbook

In myth Herakles is an embodiment of manly violence who returns home after years of making war on enemies and monsters (his famous "Labours of Herakles") to find he cannot adapt himself to a life of peacetime domesticity.

About the author

Anne Carson was born in Canada and has been a professor of Classics for over thirty years. Her awards and honours include the T. S. Eliot Prize, a Lannan Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Griffin Prize, on two occasions, fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundations, and the Princess of Asturias Award for Literature 2020.Anne Carson was born in Canada and has been a professor of Classics for over thirty years. Her awards and honours include the T. S. Eliot Prize, a Lannan Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Griffin Prize, on two occasions, fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundations, and the Princess of Asturias Award for Literature 2020.

Summary

In myth Herakles is an embodiment of manly violence who returns home after years of making war on enemies and monsters (his famous "Labours of Herakles") to find he cannot adapt himself to a life of peacetime domesticity.

Product details

• Authors: Anne Carson
• Assisted by: Anne Carson (Illustration)
• Publisher: JONATHAN CAPE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.11.2021
• EAN: 9781787333796
• ISBN: 978-1-78733-379-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 225 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, Ancient Greece, POETRY / Ancient & Classical, Ancient Greek religion & mythology, Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales