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Fires /

Fires consists of nine monologues and narratives based on classical Greek stories. Antigone, Clytemnestra, Phaedo, Sappho are all mythical figures whose stories are mingled with contemporary themes. Interspersed are highly personal narratives, reflecting on a time of profound inner crisis in the aut...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yourcenar, Marguerite (Author)
Other Authors: Katz, Dori (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1981.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Mary Magdalene, > Saint > Poetry.
Mary Magdalene, > Saint.
Mythology, Greek > Poetry.
Love poetry, French > Translations into English.
Love poetry, French.
Monologues.
Mythology, Greek.
Monologues (Drama)
Love poetry.
Dramatic monologues (Poetry)
Poetry.
Translations.
Table of Contents:
  • Phaedra, or, Despair
  • Achilles, or, The lie
  • Patroclus, or, Destiny
  • Antigone, or, the choice
  • Lena, or, The secret
  • Mary Magdalene, or Salvation
  • Phaedo, or, The dance
  • Clytemnestra, or, Crime
  • Sappho, or, Suicide.