Averno
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Averno is a 2006 poetry collection by Nobel Prize–winning American poet Louise Glück that meditates on themes of death, the underworld, and female identity through reimagined myth.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Averno canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
contemporary American poetry
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feminist literary criticism ⓘ |
| author | Louise Glück NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | Louise Glück's reputation as a major American poet ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| explores |
female subjectivity
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memory ⓘ mortality ⓘ selfhood ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective |
first-person voice
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multiple mythic personae ⓘ |
| hasNotablePoem |
Fugue
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October ⓘ Persephone the Wanderer NERFINISHED ⓘ Prism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRecurrentMotif |
descent into the underworld
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mother–daughter relationship ⓘ seasonal change ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
meditative
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narrative sequence ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
mother–daughter dynamics in myth
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negotiation between life and death ⓘ psychological descent ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Greek mythology
NERFINISHED
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Persephone myth ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorPeriod | late career of Louise Glück ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
A Village Life
NERFINISHED
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The Seven Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | mythic underworld ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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female identity ⓘ myth ⓘ reimagined myth ⓘ the underworld ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | Lake Avernus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesDevice |
fragmentation
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intertextuality ⓘ mythic revisionism ⓘ repetition ⓘ |
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