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More than a Patronym, & Less, Laertes
- Colorado Review
- Center for Literary Publishing
- Volume 45, Number 1, Spring 2018
- p. 152
- 10.1353/col.2018.0027
- Article
- Additional Information
Abstract
Abstract:
This poem responds to Homer's account of Odysseus's father Laertes in the Odyssey. It plays with issues around old age, the use and truth-value of metaphorical language and fictive characters, and the role of the reader in the reception / creation of a text.
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