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Mathis, Cleopatra

 
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Synopsis

Book by Mathis Cleopatra

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There are those rare human beings among us who themselves embody so much myth, history, and poetry that what they do includes a depth of profane and sacred meaning, of before and after, whatever the present event. Cleopatra Mathis is such a poet and hero in a non-heroic age, a poet who comes back from hell, from where all heroes must go and return, offering us her poetry, a gift of new life, beauty, and understanding. Much of this remarkable book of poems is about mothering-the poet as mother of a troubled and gifted daughter. These are """"household poems"""" in the sense that the Iliad is about the household of Priam. The modern Greeks sometime say that a person is """"put twice in the fire,"""" as iron is put twice in the fire to strengthen it. Cleopatra Mathis is such a person and such a poet. Her life is a flame and so is the poetry. The reader has reason to be grateful to her for this lyrical iron.

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ISBN 10 :  187881897X ISBN 13 :  9781878818973
Editeur : Sheep Meadow Press,U.S., 2001
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