About the book
The Beauty Of The Husband is an essay on Keats’s idea that beauty is truth, and is also the story of a marriage. It is told in 29 tangos. A tango (like a marriage) is something you have to dance to the end.
This clear-eyed, brutal, moving, darkly funny book tells a single story in an immediate, accessible voice–29 “tangos” of narrative verse that take us vividly through erotic, painful, and heartbreaking scenes from a long-time marriage that falls apart. Only award-winning poet Anne Carson could create a work that takes on the oldest of lyrical subjects–love–and make it this powerful, this fresh, this devastating.
Editions of The Beauty of the Husband
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780375408045
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780375707575
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780676974751
- EBook
- ISBN 9780307554567
Read an Excerpt
The Beauty Of The Husband is an essay on Keats’s idea that beauty is truth, and is also the story of a marriage. It is told in 29 tangos. A tango (like a marriage) is something you have to dance to the end.
This clear-eyed, brutal, moving, darkly funny book tells a single story in an immediate, accessible voice–29 “tangos” of narrative verse that take us vividly through erotic, painful, and heartbreaking scenes from a long-time marriage that falls apart. Only award-winning poet Anne Carson could create a work that takes on the oldest of lyrical subjects–love–and make it this powerful, this fresh, this devastating.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is The Beauty of the Husband about?
The Beauty Of The Husband is an essay on Keats’s idea that beauty is truth, and is also the story of a marriage. It is told in 29 tangos. A tango (like a marriage) is something you have to dance to the end.
This clear-eyed, brutal, moving, darkly funny book tells a single story in an immediate, accessible voice–29 “tangos” of narrative verse that take us vividly through erotic, painful, and heartbreaking scenes from a long-time marriage that falls apart. Only award-winning poet Anne Carson could create a work that takes on the oldest of lyrical subjects–love–and make it this powerful, this fresh, this devastating.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Beauty of the Husband?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Poetry / Poems
Where can I read a sample of The Beauty of the Husband?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780375408045
Is The Beauty of the Husband part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Vintage Contemporaries
Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Beauty of the Husband?
Anne Carson
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
The Beauty of the Husband is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780375408045) and paperback(ISBN 9780375707575) and paperback(ISBN 9780676974751) and ebook(ISBN 9780307554567)
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