After Greece (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: James Merrill
- First Published: 1961
- Type of Work: Meditation
- Genres: Poetry, Meditation
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, New England, Connecticut, Home, Identity, Greece or Greek people
The Poem
James Merrill’s “After Greece” is a surrealist narrative meditation upon reality or authentic being. It addresses the human means to apprehend that reality, both as mortal individuals mired in the narrative development of personal consciousness and as persons aware of a cultural and historical matrix in which they participate. The title of the volume in which this poem appears is Water Street, the address in Stonington, Connecticut, where Merrill settled when not at his other home in Athens, Greece. The action of “After Greece” examines his awareness...
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