The Niobe Poems
eBook - PDF

The Niobe Poems

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Niobe Poems

About this book

Kate Daniels's central myth is that of Niobe, the mother in Greek mythology whose children were killed by the gods because of her great pride in them. She taps the lasting power of the ancient story in poems about personal loss and political insanity. Though the subjects are frequently grim, the final effect of the book is not, since Daniels's central theme is endurance, the discovery of what we need to survive.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. The Myth of Niobe
  3. How the Myth Was Handed Down
  4. Dramatis Personae
  5. Niobe Speaks as an Abyssinian Woman
  6. A Niobe Poem by David Ignatow
  7. Scene 1: The Gods / The Myth / The Accident
  8. Scene 2: Before the Accident / A Family Romance
  9. Scene 3: After the Accident / The Funeral
  10. Scene 4: The End of the Story / A New Narration / A New Niobe
  11. Notes