Gods and Mortals: Modern Poems on Classical Myths by Thomas Merton, Larissa Szporluk, Peter Huchel, John Fuller, Hilda Doolittle, Vernon Watkins, Muriel Rukeyser, Peter Russell, Louis Simpson, Ingeborg Bachmann, May Sarton, Jerzy Ficowski, Georg Trakl, Geoffrey Hill, Maura Stanton, Kathleen Raine, Daryl Hine, Donald Justice, A.D. Hope, Stephen Mitchell, Yvor Winters, Thomas Kinsella, Alfred Gong, Robert Kelly, William Bronk, Nina Kossman, Delmore Schwartz, Ronald Bottrall, Sándor Weöres, Edwin Muir, Valentine Penrose, Claribel Alegría, Kate Daniels, Max Jacob, Gregory Orr, Allen Grossman, Samn Stockwell, Emery George, Mona Van Duyn, Louis MacNeice, Margaret Kaufman, Ann Deagon, Jorie Graham, John Hollander, Ion Barbu, James Laughlin, Johannes Bobrowski, Laurie Sheck, Ramon Guthrie, Jack Gilbert, Olga Broumas

320 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
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For centuries, poets have looked into the mirror of classical myth to show us the many ways our emotional lives are still reflected in the ancient stories of heroism, hubris, transformation, and loss that myths so eloquently tell. Now, in Gods and...

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