Double Persephone
Book by Margaret Atwood
 Cover of a copy of Double Persephone | |
| Author | Margaret Atwood |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Margaret Atwood |
| Country | Canadian |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Poetry |
Publication date | 1961 |
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
- ^ Atwood, Margaret (20 February 2011). "Tools of Change: The Publishing Pie, February 15, 2011". Wordpress. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Davey, Frank (1997). "Atwood's Gorgon Touch". Studies in Canadian Literature. 2 (2).
- ^ "Margaret Atwood". 21 December 2021.
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Works by Margaret Atwood
- The Edible Woman (1969)
- Surfacing (1972)
- Lady Oracle (1976)
- Life Before Man (1979)
- Bodily Harm (1981)
- The Handmaid's Tale (1985)
- Cat's Eye (1988)
- The Robber Bride (1993)
- Alias Grace (1996)
- The Blind Assassin (2000)
- Oryx and Crake (2003)
- The Penelopiad (2005)
- The Year of the Flood (2009)
- MaddAddam (2013)
- The Heart Goes Last (2015)
- Hag-Seed (2016)
- The Testaments (2019)
collections
- Dancing Girls (1977)
- Murder in the Dark (1983)
- Bluebeard's Egg (1983)
- Wilderness Tips (1991)
- Good Bones (1992)
- Good Bones and Simple Murders (1994)
- The Labrador Fiasco (1996)
- The Tent (2006)
- Moral Disorder (2006)
- Stone Mattress (2014)
- Old Babes in the Wood (2023)
- "Rape Fantasies" (1977)
- "The Resplendent Quetzal" (1977)
- "Happy Endings" (1983)
- "Unearthing Suite" (1983)
- "Freeforall" (1986)
collections
- Double Persephone (1961)
- The Circle Game (1964)
- Expeditions (1965)
- Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein (1966)
- The Animals in That Country (1968)
- The Journals of Susanna Moodie (1970)
- Procedures for Underground (1970)
- Power Politics (1971)
- You Are Happy (1974)
- Two-Headed Poems (1978)
- True Stories (1981)
- Interlunar (1984)
- Morning in the Burned House (1995)
- The Door (2007)
- Dearly (2020)
- Survival (1972)
- Negotiating with the Dead (2002)
- Writing with Intent (2005)
- Payback (2008)
- Burning Questions (2022)
- Heaven on Earth (1987)
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