Double Persephone

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Double Persephone
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Cover of a copy of Double Persephone
Author Margaret Atwood
Cover artist Margaret Atwood
LanguageEnglish
Genre Poetry
Publication date
1961
Publication placeCanadian

Double Persephone is a self-published poetry collection written by Canadian author Margaret Atwood in 1961. [1] Atwood handset the book herself with a flat bed press, designed the cover with linoblocks, and only made 220 copies. [2] It was the first publication released by Atwood, and comprises seven poems: "Formal Garden", "Pastoral", "Iconic Landscape", "Persephone Departing", "Chthonic Love", "Her Song", "and "Double Persephone". [3]

Atwood followed up the collection with another book of poetry released in 1964, The Circle Game . [2]

The collection won the EJ Pratt medal. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Atwood, Margaret (20 February 2011). "Tools of Change: The Publishing Pie, February 15, 2011". Wordpress. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
  2. 1 2 Atwood, Margaret (February 2011). The Publishing Pie: An Author's View. Tools of Change for Publishing Conference. New York: O'Reilly Media. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
  3. ↑ Davey, Frank (1997). "Atwood's Gorgon Touch". Studies in Canadian Literature. 2 (2).
  4. ↑ "Margaret Atwood". 21 December 2021.


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