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Gloves On, Knives Out: New and Old Developments re: Anne Carson’s Wrong Norma

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Brent Raycroft
Nov 11, 2024
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Wade Wimsies on Wrong Norma

A few months before “Gloves On!” was published, Emily Wilson’s review essay “Fox and Hedgehog: The Myths of Anne Carson” appeared in The Nation. It’s a dazzling effort to both praise and dispraise Carson, employing a wide variety of tones—many with shades of sarcasm—and laced throughout with both insight and animus.

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